Assignment: Operant Conditioning
This assignment will be about operant conditioning.
Directions - Review Operant Conditioning in your textbook.
Consider the following questions:
- Explain the difference between Reinforcement and Punishment in Operant Conditioning.
- Explain why psychologists might encourage reinforcement of behaviors rather than punishment.
- Finally pick a schedule of reinforcement. Define it and give a real-life example of this example (that is not already presented in the text).