Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Repeating behaviors based on outcome

Punishment

Event that creates likelihood that a behavior will be stopped

The example of learning to write shows that with a little help, most people can have their behavior _______.

shaped

What is a practical use of classical conditioning?

All are examples of uses for classical conditioning

Reinforcement

An event that encourages behavior to happen again

__________ involves the likelihood of increasing behavior.

Both A and B (Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement)

Jackson is an aggressive little kid, and his mom wants him to stop banging his trucks against the furniture. Mother tells Jackson that if he doesn't stop banging the trucks, he'll lose play time immediately. What is this an example of?

Negative punishment

Classical conditioning requires __________.

The pairing of two stimuli

Brandon gets headaches frequently but knows a cold cloth on his head makes him feel better. Brandon continues to place a cold cloth on his head each time he gets a headache because he knows it makes the pain go away faster. This is an example of _________.

negative reinforcement

How can you make a dog drool at the sound of a bell? Pair the sound of the bell with the sight of some food and __________.

then eventually remove the food but keep the sound of the bell

Shaping

Giving reinforcement to the smaller behaviors that eventually make up the new behavior

Stimulus

Anything that causes a response

Jakob loves to run because he feels so fantastic afterward. In fact, whenever he wants a runner's high - that feeling of elation after a lengthy run - he has learned to go for eight laps around the high school track. Jakob keeps this habit up for years because he likes the outcome he gets each time. What does this demonstrate?

Jakob is operantly conditioned