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Do Now
Do Now
Look in the gradebook to see if you are missing any work from the previous class, "Screen Time and Health." If so, you need to complete it now. You will not be able to recover points for this assignment after today.
Look in the gradebook to see if you are missing any work from the previous class, "Screen Time and Health." If so, you need to complete it now. You will not be able to recover points for this assignment after today.
Objectives
Objectives
Connect components of operant conditioning with familiar examples.
Connect components of operant conditioning with familiar examples.
Evaluate your own learning process.
Evaluate your own learning process.
Interpret behavioral theory and decide if it is valid or not.
Interpret behavioral theory and decide if it is valid or not.
"Responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely to occur again in that situation."
"Responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely to occur again in that situation."
Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949)
Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949)
Law of Effect
Law of Effect
any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, and any behavior followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped as demonstrated with the puzzle box.
any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, and any behavior followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped as demonstrated with the puzzle box.
Operant Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
B.F. Skinner
B.F. Skinner
Types of Reinforcement and Punishment
Types of Reinforcement and Punishment
Positive does not mean "good" but "added" (think math +)
Positive does not mean "good" but "added" (think math +)
Negative does not mean "bad" but "removed" ( - )
Negative does not mean "bad" but "removed" ( - )
Examples of Reinforcement
Examples of Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement
providing positive stimulus to promote a desired behavior
Negative Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative stimulus to elicit behavior
Punishment
Punishment
Operant Conditioning and Training
Operant Conditioning and Training
Primary Reinforcer
Primary Reinforcer
(Unconditioned Reinforcer) Anything of intrinsic value to an organism; examples are biological needs for food, water, sex, and social needs.
(Unconditioned Reinforcer) Anything of intrinsic value to an organism; examples are biological needs for food, water, sex, and social needs.
Conditioned Reinforcer
Conditioned Reinforcer
A previously neutral stimulus that has become reinforcing because of its association with a primary reinforcer.
A previously neutral stimulus that has become reinforcing because of its association with a primary reinforcer.
Discriminative Stimulus
Discriminative Stimulus
Reinforcement and Timing
Reinforcement and Timing
Consider the words of B.F Skinner
Consider the words of B.F Skinner
"I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is."
"I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is."
"Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless."
"Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless."
What are the Implications of Rewards?
What are the Implications of Rewards?
Other Options
Other Options
Homework
Homework
Complete vocabulary slides 23-34
Complete vocabulary slides 23-34
docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-seo3-K7rm2rg85P-b9vSg099IQ4AS8X2VNl3WgZiHA/edit?usp=sharing
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