operant

• how is behaviour learnt according to the conditioning assumption?

  through consequences of our actions
• this is operant conditioning
• what happens when behaviour is rewarded?

  more likely to be repeated
• what happens when behaviour is punished?

  less likely to be repeated
• what do modern forms of aversion therapy use?

  medications which reward patients for abstinence with feelings of calmity
• what does the use of medication act as?

  positive reinforcement
• what does positive reinforcement do?

  increase the likelihood of the patient repeating abstinence from alchohol