Bf Skinner Operant Conditioning
Pavlov pioneered the discovery of classical conditioning through his research on the salivation of dogs every time they recognized the neutral stimulus. Classical conditioning is a natural, involuntary, behavioral response that involves the pairing of an unconditioned action of stimulus with a learned one. Heat is an unconditioned stimulus our body naturally responds to. The unconditioned response is the child’s reaction to touching something hot. The unconditioned response is the quick removal of the hand once the heat is felt. In order to teach the child not to touch the stove, you would have to keep the stove off but put a heating pad on the stove. This way, you can teach the child that the stove is warm and will be even hotter if they touch
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Skinner lead the discovery of operant conditioning through his famous experiment known as the Skinner box. Operant conditioning is the use of positive and negative reinforcement in order to evoke or extinguish a certain behavior. Getting children to clean their own rooms can be taught through operant conditioning. In order to evoke this desired behavior of cleaning rooms, we must use some type of positive reinforcement to encourage this behavior. Depending on the age of the child, awards can differ. For example, we are trying to get a teenager to keep their room tidy. If their room stays tidy for an entire week, they are rewarded $20 at the end of the week and permission to go out with friends at the end of the week. As a parent, you would check the room each day and make sure the room is clean. The end reward makes the teen motivated to clean their room and keep the desired behavior in effect for long periods of time until keeping the room clean will eventually become a habit. If one day you enter the room and the room is not tidy, you would not give them $20 at the end of the week and they will not be allowed to go out with friends until the room is tidy. This can teach a teenager to stay motivated and keep the desired behavior of cleaning the room in full
Skinner lead the discovery of operant conditioning through his famous experiment known as the Skinner box. Operant conditioning is the use of positive and negative reinforcement in order to evoke or extinguish a certain behavior. Getting children to clean their own rooms can be taught through operant conditioning. In order to evoke this desired behavior of cleaning rooms, we must use some type of positive reinforcement to encourage this behavior. Depending on the age of the child, awards can differ. For example, we are trying to get a teenager to keep their room tidy. If their room stays tidy for an entire week, they are rewarded $20 at the end of the week and permission to go out with friends at the end of the week. As a parent, you would check the room each day and make sure the room is clean. The end reward makes the teen motivated to clean their room and keep the desired behavior in effect for long periods of time until keeping the room clean will eventually become a habit. If one day you enter the room and the room is not tidy, you would not give them $20 at the end of the week and they will not be allowed to go out with friends until the room is tidy. This can teach a teenager to stay motivated and keep the desired behavior of cleaning the room in full