After reading about Operant Conditioning, do the following two things:
1. Ask B.F. Skinner 2 questions concerning Operant Conditioning. They can be philosophical in nature or they can be for clarification of something you do not understand.
2. Briefly explain the essential difference between operant and classical conditioning.
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Lauren Doucette
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about Operant Conditioning I have a few questions they include:
1.Is Thorndike’s Puzzle Box similar to Skinner’s box?
2.Is punishment really an effective way for people to learn?
3.Are there more effective ways to change behavior compared to punishment?
4.Is it really possible for reinforcement to always be there?
There are many differences between operant and classical conditioning. The essential difference between the two is that operant conditioning is the basic learning process that involves changing the probability of a response being repeated by manipulating the consequences of that response. Operant conditioning is often called Skinnerian Conditioning. However, classical conditioning is the basic learning process that involves repeatedly pairing a neutral stimulus with a response-producing stimulus until the neutral stimulus elicits the same response. Classical conditioning is often called respondent conditioning or Pavolvian conditioning.
My questions are ...
ReplyDelete1. Why do both Skinner and Thorndike have "puzzle boxes" and are they similar?
2. Do you think positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement will be more beneficial for a person in the long run?
The difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning is that classical conditioning deals with learned behaviors, such as raising your hand in class. These types of behaviors are also known as nonreflexive or voluntary behaviors. Operant conditioning explains how we used these voluntary behaviors that are associated with classical conditioning.
Nathan Doucette
ReplyDelete1. Why is punishment an effective method to learning, wouldnt that make learning more difficult?
2. How is it possible to keep the reinforcement.
Operant conditioning is the learning process that creates a change in the probability of a response being repeated by manipulating the consequences of that response. Classical conditioning is the learning process which involves a repeated pairing a neutral stim with a response producing stimulus until the neutral stim comes up with the same response.
1. Do you believe that shaping is the only way to get the behavior that you desire out of someone?
ReplyDelete2. Is your behavior that you exhibit mainly because of what society has deemed as right or do you develop some of your behaviors on your own?
Classical conditioning has to do with learning a certain behavior and learning how to act. With operant it’s any active behavior that operates upon the environment to generate consequences. Meaning the way we learn is by consequences that happen to us.
1. If reinforcing a behavior is generally more effective than punishing it, why is punishment still used so often?
ReplyDelete2. What method would BF Skinner use on his own kids if they needed operant conditioning?
Classical conditioning is the learning process involving association of a neutral stimulus and a response-producing stimulus until the neutral stimulus causes the same response. On the other hand, operant conditioning is the process that involves changing the probability of a response being repeated by manipulating the consequences. In classical conditioning, the response is desired. In operant conditioning, the response is unwanted.
[I posted on classical conditioning]
ReplyDeleteSkinner:
1. Why do you believe that internal factors cannot be objectively studied?
2. To what degree do new findings in cognitive science refute your behavioral theories?
Classical conditioning aims to associate a CS with a UCS, thus eliciting the UCR without the UCS (it becomes a CR). Operant conditioning studies how environmental feedback from actions influences subsequent behavior.
In many psychological inquiries, I think theorizing about "internal factors" is more fruitful than creating a taxonomy of behaviors through superficial observation. Consider the example of causation attribution theory in my last post. Directly examining how we think about events can predict a great range of behaviors.
Indeed, the theory demonstrates how graspable are our evolutionarily programmed ways of thinking. I may be too enthralled by this one example, though.
1. Is negative reinforcement the same thing as punishment?
ReplyDelete2. How is reinforcemnt unique in Operant Coniditioning?
The main difference between the two conditioning strategies is that classic conditioning leaves you with a high chance for extinction. The creature can switch back to the unconditioned response very easily. In Operant Conditioning, the process is more complex and tends to stick with the creature rather permanently/
*JULIE DO*
ReplyDelete1)Operant conditioning seems like it could work possibly for only a certain amount of time in some cases. So, what happens if there is no more rewarding consequences?
2)What do you think a child who had only positive reinforcements will grow up to be like, compare to a child who has only been exposed to negative reinforcements.
The diffrence between operant and classical condition is that operant condition involves changing the probability of a response being repeated, by manipulating the consequences of that response. While classical conditioning involves repeatingly pairing a neautral stimulus with a response producing stimulus.
1. What is the best reinforcement to teach someone?
ReplyDelete2. What is the best stimulus to change a person's behaviors?
Operant conditioning is defined as the basic learning process that involves changing the probability of a response being repeated by manipulating the consequences of that response. Classical conditioning is defined as the basic leaning process that involves repeatedly pairing a neutral stimulus with a response-producing stimulus until the neutral stimulus elicits the same response. What operant conditioning does is that it tries to change a person's behavior by either punishing or rewarding them. What classical conditioning does is it just tries to associate two things together until they are naturally associated.
1. Are the operant conditioning techniques more effective in animals than in humans or is the process just as effective with people?
ReplyDelete2. Negative Reinforcement seems to be less direct than the other techniques. Is this technique the least effective of the four or is it just as effective as the other?
Basically in classical conditioning the subject has a behavior that is already present. This behavior is then paired to a stimulus that is unrelated. The behavior can then be elicited from the unrelated stimulus after conditioning. Operant conditioning is when a behavior that is already present is increased or decreased. There is no neutral stimulus to elicit a response in operant conditioning.
1. Why do both Thorndike and Skinner have "puzzle boxes"?
ReplyDelete2. Are they similar?
Classical conditioning deals with learned behaviors, which is anything you learn from someone else. Operant conditioning explains how we used these voluntary behaviors that are associated with classical conditioning.
richard votta
-SHIRLEY POULIOT
ReplyDeleteIs positive or negative reinforcment better in the long run?
is skinners and thorndikes "puzzle boxes" similar?
What do you think a child would grow up to be like if they only have positive or negative reinforcment? what is the best way to teach reinforcment and should there be consequences?
operants conditioning is taking a behavior that is already existing and making it be increased or decreased in any way. Classical conditioning is takinf a behavior already present and putting a unrelated stimulus with it. with operant conditioning it is changing the response being repeated by munipulating the consequences of that response. classical conditioning is the association of a neutral stimulus and a response-producing stimulus so that the neutral stimulus makes the same response.
1) Are negative reinforcement and punishment the same thing?
ReplyDelete2)why do Thorndike and skinner both have "puzzle boxes"? And are they similar in the way they work?
In classical conditioning the person or animal already has a behavior present. Then a unrelated stimulus is applied to the behavior. In operant conditioning is where the behavior is either increased or decreased, there is no stimulus added.
1. Does Skinner believe that the idea behind his puzzle box is applicable to all humans? (Does Skinner believe that "the world is one big Skinner box"?)
ReplyDelete2. How do a person's genetics factor into that person's ability to be conditioned?
Classical conditioning alters involuntary behavior, whereas operant conditioning manipulates voluntary behavior. Classical conditioning involves stimuli, while there are no stimuli, only different types of reinforcement.
1) Does a person's age affect the manners in which they are conditioned? Is one more or less effective at different times in a person's life?
ReplyDelete2) Do you really believe that punishment is an effective way to condition someone? What happens if the behavior begins to reappear?
The difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning is fairly simple. Classical conditioning uses the association between a neutral stimuli and a reaction producing stimuli to induce a desired behavior. In operant conditioning, the behavior is manipulated to produce the desired action by presenting consequences if that action is not carried out. Eventually though, it has been seen that as the consequences are no longer carried out, the learned behavior fades back into the voluntary response. Classical conditioning has a longer staying power because it is just a simple association between two stimuli.
Mike
ReplyDelete1. Do experiences that a person has had have an affect on what punishments they will be more responsive to?
2. If a certain punishment is applied a multitude of times will the patient become resistant to it or just become used to it?
Classical conditioning is putting a unrelated stimulus with a behavior that is already apparent, Whereas operant conditioning is where the behavior is either lessened or intensified without adding a stimulus.