Unit 3: Operant Conditioning

Question 1

The bx of organisms, walden two.

EAB (experimental analysis of behavior)

Operant conditioning

Answer 1

Skinner

Question 2

Bx itself produces reinforcement

Ex. Scratching an itch

Answer 2

Automatic reinforcement

Question 3

May occur inadvertently or planned

Ex. Inadvertently giving into whining
Ex. Ask appropriately get a cookie

Answer 3

Socially mediated reinforcement

Question 4

Delaying the onset of the aversive stimulus

Answer 4

Avoidance bx

Question 5

Previously reinforced bx is weakened by withholding reinforcement

Answer 5

Operant extinction

Question 6

Organisms learn through the consequences of their actions

Answer 6

Thorndike’s Law of Effect