Operant Conditioning Flashcard

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A___________is anything that increases behavior

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Reinforcer

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the addition of something unpleasant

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Positive Punishment

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Removal of something pleasant

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negative punishment

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Negative reinforcement is

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the removal of something unpleasant

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the addition of something pleasant is

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positive reinforcement

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Provides a reinforcement after a set NUMBER of responses

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fixed ratio

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Variable ratio provides: reinforcement after a set number of trial, reinforcement after a random number of responses, reinforcement after a random amount of trials, reinforcement after acquisition

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reinforcement after a random number of responses

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This requires a SET amount of time to elapse before giving the reinforcement

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fixed interval

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requires a random amount of time to elapse before giving the reinforcement

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Variable interval

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This psychologist ran a study with children and modeled behavior using a bobo-doll.

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Albert Bandura