BF Skinner's Operant Conditioning

Define Reinforcement ?

• Presenting Praise.

• Punishing someone for not doing the right thing.

• Consequences of actions (Good & Bad).

• Training a human or animal to respond to noises.

Define Punishment ?

• Giving your child candy.

• Hitting a child or animal for not behaving

• Consequences of actions (Good & Bad)

• Giving your child their phone back after not having it for a week because they cleaned their room.

Define Conditioning ?

• Learning what actions will influence someone or something to do something.

• Training an animal.

• Extinction .

• A type of soap that you wash your hair with.

What is Operant Conditioning ?

• A dog ready to eat its food because you opened a can.

• Learning what encourages behaviors.

• A certain way to teach someone or something

• Changing behaviors using reinforcement

What is Positive Reinforcement ?

• Taking your child to the store because they made their bed.

• Telling your child they can't go see their friends for 2 weeks.

• The same thing as Negative Reinforcement.

• Taking your child's TV restrictions away because they made good grades.

What is Negative Reinforcement ?

• Whooping your child because they won't clean their room.

• Telling your child if they do their homework they can get their game back.

• Making your child sleep in the dog kennel because they won't clean their room.

• Buying your kid's favorite cereal so they will behave.

What is Positive Punishment ?

• Making your child's bed because they wouldn't do it their self.

• Telling your child if they don't clean their room they have to not only do their room but the whole house.

• Yelling at your child for not cleaning their room.

• Grounding your child for not behaving.

What is Negative Punishment ?

• Wearing a Jason mask when your child disobeys to scare them into listening.

• The same thing as Negative Reinforcement.

• Putting your child in the trash can so they will take a shower.

• Telling your child if they make good grades they don't have to cut the grass.

What type of Psychologist was BF Skinner ?

• He wasn't a psychologist he was a philosopher.

• He was a Behavioral Psychologist.

• He was an experimental Psychologist.

• None of these options, he was an actor.

What does Operant Conditioning consist of ?

• Punishments.

• Reinforcements.

• Rewards.

• All of these.