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Instrumental conditioning

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Learning the contingency between behaviours and their consequences

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Thorndike

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Put a cat in a puzzle box with a dish of food outside and a lever to open the door

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Stamping in (satisfying effect)

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Behaviours with positive consequences get stamped in

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Stamped out (unsatisfying effect)

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Behaviours with negative consequences get stamped out

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Reward training

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Presentation of a positive reinforcer

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Punishment training

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Presentation of a negative reinforcer

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Omission training

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Removal of a positive reinforcer

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Escape training

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Removal of a negative reinforcer

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Autoshaping

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Learning without direct guidance, rewards behaviour that may occur spontaneously

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Successive approximation

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Complex behaviour can be broken down into smaller steps which gradually build up to the full response

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SD

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Signals when a contingency is valid

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S delta

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Signals when the contingent relationship is not valid

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Fixed ratio

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Pause and run pattern, ex getting a reward every three times you clean your room

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Fixed interval

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A fixed amount of time, scallop pattern

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Variable ratio

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Straight line, reinforcement is given some random number of responses

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Variable interval

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Reinforcement delivered after random amount of time

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Primary reinforcer

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Satisfies biological need

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Secondary reinforcer

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Established through classical conditioning, ex money

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Observational learning

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Just after birth we are able to learn from observing others behaviours

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Aversive stimulus

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Something unpleasant, negative reinforcer

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Delay in gratification

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Ability to delay rewards

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Chaining

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Response is reinforced with the opportunity to perform the next response (similar to higher order conditioning)

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Contrast effects

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Changes in value of reward led to shifts in response rate

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Negative contrast

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Switch from a high reward to a low reward now respond at a slower rate

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Positive contrast

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Responding at a faster rate

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Continuous reinforcement

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Reinforcer follows every correct response made by individual

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Partial reinforcement

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Reinforce follows only some of the responses

28
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Mirror neurons

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Neurons that responds the same way when performing an action and watching someone perform an action