Introduction
Learning is a form of behavioural development that results in adaptive responses to its environment. Animals must learn how to find new sources as old ones become used up, they must learn to avoid predators as new ones enter their territory, and they must find new shelter when storms destroy their old one. All these things involve learning.
In my assignment, I will identify the differences between instinctive and learned behaviours. I will provide a suitable definition of each and highlighting the differences between them. Next, I will define operant and classical conditioning. I will include an example of how classical conditioning can be used today and examples for all four classical operant outcomes. This will be followed by …show more content…
One of Kohler’s chimpanzee was given two bamboo poles, neither of which was long enough to reach the fruit place outside the cage. However, the poles could be fitted together to make a longer pole. After many unsuccessful attempts to reach the fruit with one of the short poles, the chimpanzee gave up, started playing with the poles instead, and accidentally joined them together by pushing the narrower pole inside the hollow end of the other. The chimpanzee then jumped up and immediately ran to the bars of the cage to retrieve the fruit with the long …show more content…
A major point in training with reinforcement is that people can’t reinforce behaviour that is not occurring. Offering positive reinforcement for a behaviour is the most rudimentary part of reinforcement training. On the other hand, negative reinforcements are aversives that can be halted or avoided by changing behaviour. As soon as the new behaviour starts, the aversive stimulus stops, and thus the new behaviour is strengthened. Training can be done almost entirely with negative reinforcers, and much traditional training is done exactly that way. For example, the horse learns to turn left when the left rein is pulled because the annoying pressure in its mouth ceases when the turn is
Learning is a form of behavioural development that results in adaptive responses to its environment. Animals must learn how to find new sources as old ones become used up, they must learn to avoid predators as new ones enter their territory, and they must find new shelter when storms destroy their old one. All these things involve learning.
In my assignment, I will identify the differences between instinctive and learned behaviours. I will provide a suitable definition of each and highlighting the differences between them. Next, I will define operant and classical conditioning. I will include an example of how classical conditioning can be used today and examples for all four classical operant outcomes. This will be followed by …show more content…
One of Kohler’s chimpanzee was given two bamboo poles, neither of which was long enough to reach the fruit place outside the cage. However, the poles could be fitted together to make a longer pole. After many unsuccessful attempts to reach the fruit with one of the short poles, the chimpanzee gave up, started playing with the poles instead, and accidentally joined them together by pushing the narrower pole inside the hollow end of the other. The chimpanzee then jumped up and immediately ran to the bars of the cage to retrieve the fruit with the long …show more content…
A major point in training with reinforcement is that people can’t reinforce behaviour that is not occurring. Offering positive reinforcement for a behaviour is the most rudimentary part of reinforcement training. On the other hand, negative reinforcements are aversives that can be halted or avoided by changing behaviour. As soon as the new behaviour starts, the aversive stimulus stops, and thus the new behaviour is strengthened. Training can be done almost entirely with negative reinforcers, and much traditional training is done exactly that way. For example, the horse learns to turn left when the left rein is pulled because the annoying pressure in its mouth ceases when the turn is