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Classics in the History of Psychology -- Skinner (1948) - 0 views

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behaviorism psychology pigeons

shared by Minjie Kim on 09 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Whenever we present a state of affairs which is known to be reinforcing at a given drive, we must suppose that conditioning takes place
  • The bird happens to be executing some response as the hopper appears; as a result it tends to repeat this response.
  • effect appears to depend upon the rate of reinforcement
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  • the shorter the intervening interval, the speedier and more marked the conditioning
    • Minjie Kim
      Minjie Kim on 09 Dec 08
       
      basically, the more you "reinforce" the faster the response will take to become a habit.
  • the longer the interval, the greater the number of intervening responses emitted without reinforcement. The resulting extinction cancels the effect of an occasional reinforcement.
    • Minjie Kim
      Minjie Kim on 09 Dec 08
       
      the less you reinforce, the more the habit will be lost. like how with some things (like art or a sport) you need to keep practicing to be good at it. If you quit practicing altogether, you'll lose your ability to do whatever it is. That's basically what extinction is.
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