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operant conditioning - Coggle Diagram
operant conditioning
components
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primary reinforcement- natural reward- basic need: food, warmth
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evaluation
focuses on nurture side rather than nature, what about predispositions that alter their behaviour?
+useful practical applications, phobias (aversion therapy and systematic desensitisation) and token economy programmes
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+research evidence- Skinner's box into pigeons and a lot of this research is highly scientific, carried out on animals in lab experiments YET the behaviours are observable rather than cognitions, is it credible?
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claims
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we notice the consequences of our action and how this affects how we behave the next time we are in that situation
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