Chapter 6

• Operant behaviour comes before the stimulus (press button, get treat)
• Classical behaviour comes after the stimulus (freeze when you see the light)
• The Law of Effect: if the behaviour causes a positive consequence, it is more likely to be repeated (and vies verses)
• The Law of exercise: the more one practices the action, the stronger the action becomes
• The Law of Readiness: One's readiness to learn, increases thier ability to learn
• Trial and error: Learning over time with association. No prior experience and/or unable to understand the reasoning behind it
• Positive Punishment: adding something to decreasing a behaviour
• Positive reinforcement: adding something to increase a behavior
• Negative Punishment: removing something to decrease a behaviour
• Negative Reinforcement: Removing something to increase behaviour
• Escape: stopping something unpleasant (getting out of the rain)
• Avoidance: avoiding something unpleasant (using a umbrella out in the rain)
• Discriminative Stimulus: stimulus in the presence of which responses are reinforced
• natural reinforcers: Provided for a certain behaviour and tied to it (getting money for selling more things)
• Contrived reinforcers: Provided for a certain behaviour and not tied to it (playing video games for selling more things)
• Shaping: gradual creation of a new behaviour through reinforcement of successive approximation (stepping stones)
• Consequences are good and bad