Operant Conditioning Module Map | |
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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. |
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Introduction Classical vs. operant Reinforcement Schedules of reinforcement Simulated experiment |
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