B.F.

SKINNER
OPERANT CONDITIONING THEORY

By: Florie Mae Sajonia

Wynona Quistadio
Who is B.F. SKINNER?

 Burrhus Frederic(B.F) Skinner

(March 20, 1904- August 18, 1990)
American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, author
and social philosopher.

 He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at

Harvard University from 1959 to 1974.
Invention of B.F Skinner:

Air crib Project Pigeon

Operant
Chamber/ Cumulative
Skinner box recorder
What is Operant Conditioning?

 Operant conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and

punishments for behavior. Through operant conditioning, an association is made
between a behavior and a consequence for that behavior.
 Skinner used the term operant to refer to “active behavior that operates upon the
environment to generate consequences.”
Examples of Operant Conditioning

 Children completing homework to earn reward from a parent or teacher.

 Employees finishing project to receive praise or promotion.
 A child who lost recess privileges because he talk out of turn in class
 Components Of Operant Conditioning
 Reinforcement
A kind of stimulus that aims to increase the strength in behavior due to its consequence.

1. Positive Reinforcement(reward/praise) are favorable

events or outcomes that are presented after the behavior.
 Giving a child a compliment for job well done.

2. Negative Reinforcement(removal) in these situations a responses is strengthen by the removal of something

considered unpleasant.

 By taking aspirin headache takes away the pain.

 Punishment
Is the presentation of an adverse event or outcome that causes a decrease in the
behavior in follows.
1. Positive Punishment(treat) referred to as punishment by application, involves
the presentation of unfavorable event or outcome in order to weaken the responses it follows.

 Burning your hand when you touch a hot

stove.
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