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    This study guide covers the foundations of instrumental conditioning including the definition of instrumental behavior, Thorndike's early investigations into the law of effect, discrete trial and free operant procedures used to shape new responses, different types of reinforcement and punishment procedures, how the quantity and quality of reinforcers impact conditioning, and Skinner's experiments demonstrating the relationship between reinforcers and behavior.

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    This study guide covers the foundations of instrumental conditioning including the definition of instrumental behavior, Thorndike's early investigations into the law of effect, discrete trial and free operant procedures used to shape new responses, different types of reinforcement and punishment procedures, how the quantity and quality of reinforcers impact conditioning, and Skinner's experiments demonstrating the relationship between reinforcers and behavior.

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    Study Guide 4

    Instrumental Conditioning: Foundations

    Instrumental Behavior: Definition

    The Law of Effect

    Thorndike: Early investigations

    Discrete Trial Procedures

    Free Operant Procedures

    Shaping a new operant response

    Procedures: Reward, Punishment, Escape/Avoidance, Omission.

    Quantity and Quality of the Reinforcer

    Shifts in Reinforcer Quality and Quantity

    R- Reinforcer Relation: Temporal Relation, R-Reinforcer contingency (Skinner’s Superstition


    Experiment, Learned Helplessness).

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