Operant (Instrumental) Conditioning
Objectives

  • define operant conditioning;
  • distinguish between classical and operant conditioning;
  • distinguish between examples of positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement;
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book Read

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[Ormrod, J. E. (2007) Chapter 4. Instrumental Conditioning (p. 49-80)]
[Ormrod, J. E. (2007) Chapter 5. Applications of Instrumental Conditioning, (p.81-114)]

activity Required Activities

Please review this presentation:

presentation Operant Conditioning (~14.5 minutes, 10.2 MB) download

quiz Quiz 1: opens Thr Sept 8th 8:00AM EST - closes Sun Sept 11th - the quizzes are based upon the readings in the textbook, although the other materials may help you understand, it is imperative the you READ!!!!

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video Skinner and Behaviorism (~20 minutes) - this short video has several relevant examples. Please take a few minutes to watch it. The menu items will not work until the video has downloaded to that point.

YouTube Schedule of reinforcement

doc Quiz 1 terms - you may want to use this document to help you study for the quiz

Quiz bank questions - I was told there is a quiz bank for Dr Ormrod's textbook. Here are the questions that I found. You may want to review these as they will help you study for quiz 1 which is next week.

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