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Chapter 7 (D):
Operant Conditioning:
Expanding Skinner’s
Understanding
A.P. Psychology
Do-Now
(Questionnaire/In Journal)
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Answer the Yes/No questions on Hand-Out 7-7:
“Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to
Reward Questionnaire”
Tally up the Yes responses of odd and even numbers:
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Sensitivity to Punishment:
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Odd numbers: Higher scores representing higher sensitivity to
punishment
Sensitivity to Reward:
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Even numbers: Higher scores representing higher sensitivity to
reward
Cognition and
Operant Conditioning
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Skinner acknowledged the role of one’s
cognition on operant conditioning
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Cognitive Map:
A mental representation of the layout of one’s
environment
 E.g. after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have
learned a cognitive map of it
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Cognition and
Operant Conditioning
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Latent Learning:
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Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there
is an incentive to demonstrate it
Video Clip: Cognitive Maps
How
does the rat
use latent learning in
pursuit of food, after its
path has been blocked?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDCGmo2xOM
Cognition and
Operant Conditioning
Can
you think of
an example when
you experienced
latent learning?
Cognition and
Operant Conditioning
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Insight:
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A sudden and often novel realization of the solution
to a problem
Types of Motivation
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Intrinsic Motivation:
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A desire to perform a behavior for its own sake
Extrinsic Motivation:
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A desire to perform a behavior to receive promised
rewards or avoid threatened punishment
Types of Motivation
 What
is something that you are
intrinsically motivated to do?
 What
is something that you are
extrinsically motivated to do?
 With
which type of motivation is
operant conditioning more effective?
“Consideration of Future
Consequences Scale”
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Answer the questions on Hand-Out 7-4:
“Consideration of Future Consequences
Scale”
Tally up the numbers of your responses:
Reverse the numbers that you gave in statements 3, 4,
5, 9, 10, 11, and 12 (i.e., 1=5, 2=4, 3=3, 4=2, 5=1)
 Next, add the numbers in front of all 12 items
 The higher your score, the greater consideration you
have for future consequences
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZT-FZqfxZA
Biology and
Operant Conditioning
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Biological constraints
predispose organisms to learn
associations that are naturally
adaptive
Breland and Breland (1961)
showed that animals drift
toward their biologically
predisposed instinctive
behaviors
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=gMQJc6L_jvY
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Marian Breland Bailey
Operant Vs. Classical Conditioning
Review
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What is a cognitive map? How did rats use it in operant conditioning?
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What is latent learning? Provide an example.
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What is insight? What is its role in problem-solving?
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What is the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic
motivation?
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In what ways do organisms’ biology influence operant conditioning?
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Watson. . . Little Albert. . .
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMnhyGozLyE
Homework
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Chapter 7 D Quiz
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1.
True or False: