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Operant Conditioning Notes

This document discusses the four types of operant conditioning: positive reinforcement which increases a behavior by adding a rewarding stimulus; negative reinforcement which increases a behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus; positive punishment which decreases a behavior by adding an unpleasant stimulus; and negative punishment which decreases a behavior by removing a rewarding stimulus. Examples are given such as giving a dog a treat for following a command or scolding a child for cursing.

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Operant Conditioning Notes

This document discusses the four types of operant conditioning: positive reinforcement which increases a behavior by adding a rewarding stimulus; negative reinforcement which increases a behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus; positive punishment which decreases a behavior by adding an unpleasant stimulus; and negative punishment which decreases a behavior by removing a rewarding stimulus. Examples are given such as giving a dog a treat for following a command or scolding a child for cursing.

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Operant Conditioning

REINFORCEMENT PUNISHMENT
BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR

POSITIVE POSITIVE NEGATIVE


Add appetitive NEGATIVE Add noxious Remove appetitive
stimuli stimulus
stimulus

Spanking a child for


speaking bad words
Scolding the child

ESCAPE ACTIVE AVOIDANCE for cursing

Remove noxious Behaviour avoids


stimuli noxious stimuli

NOTES
Giving treats when the dog
-p re se n c e of stimulus
follows your command POSITIVE
E -a b se n c e of stimulus
NEGATIV
T- in creas e behavior
EN
REINFORCEM
E N T - d e cre ase behavior
PUNISHM

CA P E- re m ove stimulus
ES
Turning off the alarm's Studying to avoid failing N C E- p re ve nts stimulus
AVOIDA
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