Instrumental/Operant Conditioning Theory: Bhavana Purohit Udayraj Singh Aditya Pratap Singh Nanda Gopal
Instrumental/Operant Conditioning Theory: Bhavana Purohit Udayraj Singh Aditya Pratap Singh Nanda Gopal
Instrumental/Operant Conditioning Theory: Bhavana Purohit Udayraj Singh Aditya Pratap Singh Nanda Gopal
Udayraj Singh
The Skinner
Box
Components
Reinforcement – A kind of stimulus that aims to increase the
of strength in behaviour due to its consequence
Instrumental Punishment - Any event that causes a decrease in the behaviour
Conditioning
POSITIVE NEGETIVE
A response or behaviour is
Types of strengthened by
Are favourable events that are stopping, removing or avoiding a
presented after the behaviour
Reinforcement (Reward Learning)
negative outcome
or aversive stimulus (escape-
avoidance learning
Most effective –
When reinforcement is presented Most effective –
enthusiastically and frequently When it occurs immediately after the
behaviour and when the
Positive
Reinforcement
Negative
Reinforcement
POSITIVE NEGETIVE
Punishment
Other
Concepts
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