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In operant conditioning, the ___________ is the consequence of our behaviours

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outcome

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___________ behaviours: actions influenced by their consequences

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Operant conditioning

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___________ conditioning involves the strengthening or weakening of a behaviour as a result of consequences

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Operant conditioning

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Behaviours are voluntary or goal directed in operant or classical conditioning?

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Operant Conditioning

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What was Thorndike’s law of effect?

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Pleasant consequences will increase a behaviour and unpleasant will decrease a behaviour

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Involuntary behaviours are called __________ behaviours according to Skinner

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Respondent

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_____________ (voluntary) behaviours are controlled by consequence

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controlled

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____________: (Sr) Consequence following behaviour which increases the probability of the behaviour in the future

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Reinforcer

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_____________: (Sp) Consequence following behaviour which decreases the probability of the behaviour in the future

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Punisher

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___________ ____________ (Sd): Indicates that a response will be followed by a contingency (reinforcer or punisher)

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Discriminative stimulus

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The ______________ stimulus ‘sets the occasion for’ increases or decreases in probability of it happening again

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discriminative behaviour

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___________ : The stimulus signals the non-availability of a previously available reinforcer

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Extinction

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____________ reinforcement: When behaviour is strengthened because it is followed by a reinforcing or rewarding stimulus

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Positive reinforcement

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_____________ Reinforcement: when behaviour is strengthened because it is following by the removal of an aversive stimulus

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Negative reinforcement

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R > Sr is __________ or _________ reinforcement

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positive; Negative

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_________ learning: Learning of a response that allows a subject to escape an aversive stimulus

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escape learning

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___________ learning: Learning of a response that allows a subject to avoid an aversive stimulus (e.g. learning that when a light comes on the shock is about to start and they must press the bar to prevent the shock)

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Avoidance learning

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_____________ refers to STRENGTHENING a behaviour

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Reinforcement

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___________ refers to WEAKENING a tendency to make a response

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punishment

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______________ punishment: giving a punisher to reduce a behaviour

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Positive punishment

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_________ punishment: removing a pleasant stimuli to reduce a behaviour

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Negative punishment

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___________ reinforcers: unlearned, inherently reinforcing because they satisfy a biological need (food, water, warmth, sex)

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Primary reinforcer

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___________ reinforcer: (conditioned reinforcers) that are learnt or become reinforcers after being associated with primary reinforcers

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Secondary reinforcers

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________ reinforcer (enjoyment; satisfaction) ___________ reinforcer (food; money)

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Intrinsic; Extrinsic

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A _________ reinforcer is a reinforcer that is common in that particular reinforcer (like a paycheck from work)
natural
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A _________ reinforcer is a reinforcer that is not common in a particular environment (lollies for a child in a shop)
contrived
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__________: The initial stage of learning - learning a pattern of responding or the association between behaviour a reinforcer
Acquisition
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__________: the reinforcement of closer and closer approximations of the desired behaviour
Shaping
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___________: the gradual weakening and elimination of the response training
Extinction
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___________ reinforcement: every occurrence of an operant response is followed by a reinforcer
Continuous reinforcer
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___________ reinforcement: only some occurrences of the operant response are followed by a reinforcer
intermittent
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__________ reinforcement is the most powerful type schedules of reinforcement
Intermittent reinforcement
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______ ___________ schedulre: Reinforcement depends upon a fixed/predictable number of responses emitted since the last reinforcement (after every 5 etc.)
Fixed Ratio Schedule
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FR1 and FR4. What do these mean?
Fixed ratio reinforcement after 1 response and 4 responses
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__________ _________ schedule: Reinforcement depends upon a variable/unpredictable number of responses emitted since the last reinforcer
Variable Ratio Schedule
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A V___________ R________ schedule has a high resistance to response extinction
Variable ratio schedule
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A F_________ R________ schedule has a low resistance to response extinction
fixed ratio schedule
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________ ____________ schedule (FI): A response is reinforced when a fixed/predictable period of time has elapsed since the last reinforcer
Fixed Interval Schedule
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A F___________ I___________ schedule has a low resistance to extinction
Fixed Interval Schedule
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________ _________ schedule (VI) A response is reinforced when a variable/unpredictable period of time has elapsed since the last reinforcer
Variable Interval Schedule
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A V__________ I_________ has a high resistance to extinction
Variable Interval
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_________ schedule: response has to be undertaken continuously for reinforcement to occur
Duration
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___________ schedules: Two or more simple schedules need to be completed before the reinforcer is delivered
Conjunctive schedules
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___________ schedules: Response requirement changes as a function of previous performance
Adjusting
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_________ schedules: Sequence of simple schedules in a specific order
chained schedules
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______ __________ theory: the event is reinforcing if it is associated with a reduction of physiological need
Drive reduction theory
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__________ motivation: Motivation derived from a property of the reinforcer rather than an internal drive state
Incentive motivation
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__________'s _______ : High probability behaviour can be used to reinforce a low probability behaviour
Premack's
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Behavioural ______ point approach: An organism that has free access to alternative activities will organise its behaviour to maximise its overall reinforcement
bliss point approach
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___________ conditioning is a type of learning in which the future probability of a behaviour is affected by its consequences
Operant
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An ________ __________ is a class of emitted responses that result in certain consequences, in turn, affect the future probability or strength of those responses
operant behaviour
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Do we focus on the behaviour or person in operant conditioning?
Behaviour
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Reinforcers and punishers are formally ______ entirely by their effect on behaviour
defined
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A __________ ___________ is a signal that indicates that a response will be followed by a reinforcer
Discriminative stimulus
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The more immediate the reinforcer, the (stronger/weaker) its effect on the behaviour
stronger
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A ____________ reinforcer is a reinforcer that has been associated with several other reinforcers
generalised reinforcer
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________ ____________: if working hard on a task has been consistently associated with reinforcement, then working hard might itself become a secondary reinforcer
Learned Industriousness
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________ praise often increases intrinsic motivations
verbal
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A ____________ of ____________ is the response requirement that must be met to obtain reinforcement
Schedule of Reinforcement
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A ____________ reinforcement schedule is one in which each specified response is reinforced
continuous
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An ___________ reinforcement schedule is one in which only some responses are reinforced
intermittent
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On a _______ ________ schedule, reinforcement is contingent upon a fixed, predictable number of responses
fixed ratio schedule
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Higher ratio requirements produce longer post___________ pauses
reinforcement
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"________ the _______" - going from a low ratio requirement (dense schedule) to a high ratio requirement (lean schedule) should be done gradually
Stretching the ratio
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Ratio _______, a disruption in responding due to an overly demanding response requirement
strain
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Ratio strain is also known as ________
burnout
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On a __________ _____ schedule; reinforcement is contingent upon a varying, unpredictable number of responses
variable ratio
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ON a ______ _________ schedule, reinforcement is contingent upon the first response after a fixed predictable period of time
fixed interval
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On a _________ _________ schedule, reinforcement is contingent upon the first response after a varying, unpredictable period of time
variable interval
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______ schedules produce higher rates of response than do _______ scales
ratio; interval
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On a ________ _________ schedule, the behaviour must be performed continuously for a fixed, predictable period of time
fixed duration schedule
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On a ________ ________ schedule, the behaviour must be performed continuously for a varying, unpredictable period of time
variable duration
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In __________ reinforcement for _____ rates, reinforcement is contingent upon emitting at least a certain number of responses in a certain period of time
differential; high rates;
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In __________ reinforcement for _____ rates, a minimum amount of time must pass between each response before the reinforcer will be delivered
differential, low rates
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In __________ reinforcement for _____ responding, reinforcement is contingent upon emitting a series of responses at a set rate
differential, paced responding
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unconditional positive regard is an example of _____________ reinforcement
non contingent
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A ________ schedule consists of a combination of two or more simple schedules
complex
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A _________ schedule is a type of schedule in which the requirements of two or more simple schedules must be met before a reinforcer is delivered
conjunctive
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Motivation that is derived from some property of the reinforcer, as opposed to an internal drive state, is referred to as ________ _________
incentive motivation
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Are operant behaviours voluntary or elicited?
Voluntary
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In operant conditioning, the response _________ on the environment to produce a consequence
operates
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Process of operant conditioning: 1 A _________ produces the consequences 2 ___________ serve to increase or decrease probability of a further response 3 ___________ stimuli preceding the response signals the consequence is available
Response; Consequences: Discriminative stimuli
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What are the three steps of operant conditioning?
1 A response produces the consequences 2 consequences serve to increase or decrease probability of a further response 3 Discriminative stimuli preceding the response signals the consequence is available
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Operant behaviours are emitted by the ___________
organism; person
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In operant conditioning, ________ _________ indicate that a response will be followed by a contingency (i.e. reinforcement or punishment)
discriminative stimulus
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A __________ __________ for extinction signals the non-availability of a previously available reinforcer
discriminative stimulus
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What are the two types of negative reinforcement?
Escape behaviour; avoidance behaviour
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Extrinsic rewards are: - Ex_______ - Ta________ - Simply given for performing the activity
Expected; Tangible,
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Schedules of reinforcement in which the reinforcer is easy to obtain are known as _____ or rich
dense
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______ _______, a disruption in responding due to an overly demanding response requirement
ratio strain

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