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JULYKA R. PLAZA
PRESENTER
FIND YOUR BARBIE
HUG YOUR BARBIE IF YOU
ALREADY FOUND ONE!
THEN DO WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO YOUR BARBIE, IT
COULD BE IN VIOLENT
WAY OR IN A SWEETEST
WAY BECAUSE IT’S
ALMOST VALENTINES DAY!
LASTLY, SAY I LOVE YOU TO
YOUR BARBIE!!! MAKE
HIM/HER FEEL LOVED
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TEACHER
HONEY!
BURRHUS FREDERIC SKINNER
• (1904-1990)
• OPERANT BEHAVIOR
- It acts on the environment
- More voluntary
PREVALENCE OF OPERANT BEHAVIOR
• Skinner (1938) believed that most of the
important behaviors in which people engage are
operant.
PARLOV’S HARNESS AND SKINNER’S BOX
• Pavlov placed a dog in a harness and injected
food powder or an acid solution into its
mouth, the dog salivated.
• Skinner used highly innovative piece of
equipment now known as Skinner Box
• Positive contingency
-avoidance learning
-escape learning
• negative contingency
Presentation punishment (castigation)
• If the rat, which must stand on the electric grid
when it depresses the bar, is given a mild shock
every time it does so, it will probably attempt to
avoid the bar in the future. The shock in this case is
one type of punishment.
• If Jake kicks Leward in the posterior and he returns
around and whacks him on the side of the head, he
may be less likely to kick him again in similar
circumstances or places.
Jazon has his million taken Jake’s ears are released when
away for misbehaving he behaves well again
(removal punishment/ penalty) (negative reinforcement/ relief)
CONSEQUENC
BEHAVIOR E
REINFORCEMEN
PUNISHMENT T
POSITIV NEGATIVE
E
SAFE DRIVING
REINFORCEMENT
OVER SPEEDING
TICKET LICENSED
PUNISHMENT
PRIMARY AND SECODARY REINFORCERS
PRIMARY REINFORCER
• Primary reinforcer includes events that are
reinforcing without any learning having taken place.