Operant Conditioning Module Map

Purpose  To demonstrate some principles of behavior control through the manipulation of reinforcement.

Summary  The module describes operant conditioning and contrasts it with classical conditioning. Reinforcement is defined and illustrated with examples from everyday life. Next the module explains the rationale for partial, or intermittent, reinforcement and presents the four main schedules of reinforcement. The module ends with a simulation of rat bar-pressing behavior under each of the reinforcement schedules.

Introduction
Classical vs. operant
Reinforcement
Schedules of reinforcement
Simulated experiment
Summary
References


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