Operant conditioning chamber

Within the discipline of education there are many specific areas one may choose to research. These topics can range from teaching styles to the psychological effects of mainstreaming special needs children into the classroom. For an undergraduate in the field of education one must figure out what they would like to know more about and how to properly research their chosen topic. After choosing a topic one must learn to sift through all the information already out there on their topic, one useful…

In order to get rid of the cursing behavior from her husband Bianca used extinction principal technique for behavior modification process. First she identifies the behavior that needs to be corrected. Then she did an ABC analysis of her husband’s behavior. And find out that which events or situation cause her husband to start cursing a lot. She finds out that because his husband was in the Army and people curse a lot in that lifestyle. She understands how difficult it gets while our citizen…

Operant learning, also known as instrumental, consequence, or response learning, is experiences where the behavior is made stronger or weaker by its consequence (Chance, 2014). This term coined by B.F. Skinner, a psychologist, after studying the behavior of a rat, within a box that contained food and a lever, was built on the foundation given by E.L. Thorndike’s Law of Effect (Chance, 2014). Skinner recognized two kinds of reinforcing events; one in which a positive stimulus is presented and the…

Throughout the years, Behaviorism has been helping a large amount of people behave as the society standards expect them too, sometimes without them even knowing. Whether it 's a positive reinforcement of "gold stars" in preschool, or the negative reinforcement of speeding tickets, we are all a part of a behavior modification plan based off behaviorism at some point in our lives. Behaviorism can be used in many situations, including breaking bad habits. Everyone has a certain bad habit they are…

There are always two sides to every story and this is still very much the case in the debate on spanking children. Spanking is one of the most controversial and most debated topics of this century. Moreover, there seems to never be a middle road and debaters always feel very strongly one way or another. This topic in general quite often falls prey to the excluded extreme fallacy that one is either fully for spanking or fully against it; either way to the fullest extent. Some believe spanking is…

solely on a computer system and it crashes, something so basic then would become a crisis. Strategy 5 Social learning is very important to a workforce. Imitation and modeling are major factors and is a combination of information processing and operant conditioning. As a supervisor or trainer, my audience (workers) must see an example of what right look like. I must set the example in my actions and behavior in order for my subordinates to model the behavior. Strategy…

Introduction to the essay of operant conditioning. So I will be explaining the difference between the two types of operant conditioning. The first one is Reinforcement and in just reinforcement there 's two types of it which is positive and negative reinforcement. Then the second type of Operant Conditioning is punishment which also has its negatives and positives. By this the most effective type of Operant Conditioning is reinforcement to be exact positive reinforcement is much better than any…

For my Coaching/Teaching Behavior Observation I decided to observe the Grand Valley State University Women’s Tennis Team. Most of these girls aged in range from 18-22 years old. They are in season during the fall practicing 4 days a week along with traveling to go to matches all around Michigan. I observed a two and a half hour practice and getting to see a coach “in action” was very interesting to me. After learning about many different concepts during class, such as positive reinforcement,…

to their principles and morals, but their personality is something very individualistic, and something that should not be shaped by the parents. 8. Design an experimental condition using a “Skinner Box” where you utilize the principles of Operant Conditioning. Explain how the behavior of the animal or human (if it is a really large Skinner box) is shaped or “operated upon” by the introduction of a reinforcer. Be sure to explain what behavior you want your subject to learn and perform in order…

discomforts us in any way we will be less likely to do it again. Within this law comes the theory of Operant Conditioning, meaning that we learn that our behaviors will either earn us rewards or punishments. How this works is we reinforce the good and punish the bad behaviors with both positive and negative reactions. Setting up a weight loss program following the guidelines of Operant Conditioning; one would have to first find a pattern in habits, establish a goal, set rules,…