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Module 10- Operant Conditioning
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What is an Operant Response? (2 points)
What is Superstitious Behavior? (2 points)
What is shaping? (2 points)
How did B.F. Skinner discover operant conditioning?
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What is a primary reinforcer? (2 points)
What is a secondary reinforcer? (2 points)
What type of learning involves imitation and
observation?
List the four processes of cognitive learning. (4 points)
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A response that can be modified by its consequences
A behavior that increases in frequency because it is occurrence is
accidentally paired w/ the delivery of a reinforcer.
A procedure in which a experimenter successively reinforcor behaviors
that lead up to or approximate the desired behavior.
Skinner’s Box
A stimulus such as food, water, or sex, that is innately satisfying and
requires no learning on the part of the subject to become pleasurable.
Stimulus that has acquired its reinforcing power through experience
Cognitive Learning
Attention- give thought, Memory- store information, Imitationremember and recreate actions, Motivation- incentive for doing activity