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Time
1
min
14 half
pieces of
paper
Writing
utensil
2 min
N/A
Participatory Activity:
Please see the attached worksheet. The students will work on this
individually so as to assess their knowledge on the topic, although they
can talk to their neighbour if they would like. Have them put their name
on the sheet and then hand it into Dr. Jackson before they leave class.
Please stress that this is for their participation marks.
Post-Assessment:
Take up the answers for the worksheet (provided). Make sure to answer
any questions that they have and clarify if they are confused. Time
permitting, have them go around in a circle and list one thing that they
learned or a correction to their understanding that was made in taking
up the work sheet.
Summary:
Operant conditioning is like classical conditioning the sense that this is a
psychologists bread and butter when it comes to learning. Operant
conditioning is especially fundamental for behaviourists. Like with last
week, try and get a good foundation with this concept as it will only be
built upon in future years.
14 copies of
the
worksheet
that has
been created
Writing
utensils
12.5m
in
4min
.5 min
Positive
(adding something to
the situation)
Negative
(removing something
from the situation)
Reinforcement
Punishment
(increase in
behavior)
(decrease in behavior)
Positive
Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative
Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
1. You get an A on exam that you studied really hard for. Positive reinforcement
2. Bridget cleans her room to keep her parents off her back. Negative
reinforcement
3. In order to receive his allowance, Jake cleans up his room regularly. Positive
Reinforcement
4. Reducing anxiety by smoking a cigarette. Negative Reinforcement
5. Taking an aspirin to relieve a headache. Negative Reinforcement
6. Getting fired from your job because you show up late to work. Negative
Punishment
7. Lindsay wasnt doing well in her 6th grade math class. Her teacher told her
parents that Lindsay handed in less than 50% of her assignments. Her parents told
Lindsay that any day on which she did not hand in her homework she would be sent
to bed right after dinner. As a result of this threat, Lindsay has handed in her
assignment 97% of the time. Positive Reinforcement
8. Siblings get in a fight over who gets to pick the TV show that the family watches
that night, the parent takes the remote away and they dont watch TV. Negative
Punishment
9. After Cassie flirted with someone else at the party, her boyfriend stopped talking
to her. Cassie didnt flirt at the next party. Negative Punishment
10. Your cell phone rings in the middle of a class lecture, and you are scolded by your teacher for not
turning your phone off before class. Positive punishment
11. Police randomly stop drivers and give tickets to those who are not wearing their
seat belts; as a result of this program seat belt use increases in town.
Positive Reinforcement or Negative Reinforcement.
PR- adding a ticket, increases seatbelt use,
NP- removing money, increases chances they will use a seatbelt.
Fixed ratio
Fixed interval
Variable ( happens on
average that number of
times)
Variable ratio
Variable interval