Transcript B.F Skinner - PSYC DWEEB

B.F Skinner
1904 - 1990
Behavior
Respondent Behavior
A response made to or elicited by a specific external event
or stimulus
Environment impacts behavior
Operant Behavior
Behavior that is emitted spontaneously and voluntarily
rather than elicited by a stimulus
Has impact on the environment because it produces
consequences
Operant Conditioning
The selection of behavior through its
consequences
Learning is measured by changes (increases
and decreases) in the rate of responding
Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement
Positive
Negative
Punishment
Positive
Negative
Operant Conditioning
Schedules of Reinforcement
Shaping
Extinction
Personality
Non-existent invisible structure
A repository of learned responses within a specific
individual
All personality characterizations are the result of a
failure to observe explanatory external variables that
elicit the behavior