Operant conditioning is a method of learning that uses consequences to modify behavior. There are three core tools: reinforcement increases a behavior's frequency; punishment decreases frequency; and extinction involves removing consequences with no change in behavior. Reinforcements and punishments can be positive or negative, referring to whether a stimulus is added or removed following a behavior. The four contexts are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.
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Operant conditioning is a method of learning that uses consequences to modify behavior. There are three core tools: reinforcement increases a behavior's frequency; punishment decreases frequency; and extinction involves removing consequences with no change in behavior. Reinforcements and punishments can be positive or negative, referring to whether a stimulus is added or removed following a behavior. The four contexts are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.
Operant conditioning is a method of learning that uses consequences to modify behavior. There are three core tools: reinforcement increases a behavior's frequency; punishment decreases frequency; and extinction involves removing consequences with no change in behavior. Reinforcements and punishments can be positive or negative, referring to whether a stimulus is added or removed following a behavior. The four contexts are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.
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Operant conditioning is a method of learning that uses consequences to modify behavior. There are three core tools: reinforcement increases a behavior's frequency; punishment decreases frequency; and extinction involves removing consequences with no change in behavior. Reinforcements and punishments can be positive or negative, referring to whether a stimulus is added or removed following a behavior. The four contexts are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.
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Operant Conditioning
-Nikunj Barnwal Definition & Understanding
• Operant behavior operates on the
environment. • Operant conditioning is the use of consequences to modify the occurrence and form of behavior. Core tools of operant conditioning • Reinforcement
• Punishment (Both are either positive or negative consequences.)
• Extinction (no change in consequences) • Reinforcement is a consequence that • causes a behavior to occur with • greater frequency. Punishment is a consequence that causes a behavior to occur with less frequency. Extinction is the lack of any consequence following a behavior. Four contexts of operant conditioning: • Positive Reinforcement • Negative Reinforcement
favorable stimulus (commonly seen as pleasant) that increases the frequency of that behavior. Negative Reinforcement
When a behavior (response) is followed
by the removal of an aversive stimulus (commonly seen as unpleasant) thereby increasing that behavior's frequency. Positive Punishment (How can a punishment be positive???)
Occurs when a behavior (response) is
followed by an aversive stimulus thereby decreasing that behavior's frequency Negative Punishment
Occurs when a behavior (response) is
followed by the removal of a favorable stimulus thereby decreasing that behavior's frequency Extinction
occurs when a behavior (response) that
had previously been reinforced is no longer effective. Stimulus Frequency of behavior
