Operant conditioning

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  • operant conditioning
    subjects behaviour is primarily determined by what stimulus follows it
  • three phase model
    1. antecedent
    2. behaviour
    3. consequence
  • antecedent
    discriminative stimulus that occurs before a particular response
  • behaviour
    the response that occurs due to the discrimination stimulus
  • consequence
    the environmental event that occurs immediately after the response and determines whether or not the response will occur (positive/negative) 
  • positive
    desired stimulus
  • negative
    undesired stimulus
  • reinforcement
    giving something
  • punishment
    taking something
  • schedules of reinforcement
    the rate or interval at which responses are reinforces
    • fixed interval
    • fixed ratio
    • variable interval
    • variable ratio
  • fixed
    constant
  • variable
    changing
  • ratio
    number of responses
  • interval
    time