How does operant conditioning work?
Hello! I'm writing a paper tomorrow and I just don't understand this topic.
In my book, it's explained with several rats, each pulling different levers, but on YouTube ( https://youtu.be/wXYNRJ6cRpg?si=Zv1rB2rLW-EgjCx7 ), a guy explained it completely differently. He said positive punishment would be, for example, a hit AFTER pulling the lever, and a positive reward, for example, a pizza. A negative reward would be if he didn't get hit after pulling the lever. (Why is that negative? Negative for shredder or what? It's really just a reward unless the reward is really about getting something, but he doesn't do that either 🤔 he doesn't get something bad) Okay, I think I just understood it, Google told me that a negative reward simply means that you DON'T get something negative, how stupid. Maybe someone can explain it again because I still don't fully understand it and if possible explain such obviously confusing things because I only thought of googling negative reward by chance and I was lucky because it confused me so much… sorry for the ugly text, I wanted to ask quickly so that I can get an answer by tomorrow.
Thank you very much for your help 👍✌️
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In fact, this is quite simple: Operational conditioning is a learning process that takes place due to the consequence of action: In contrast to traditional conditioning, WAS has done an individual.
Basically, there are four types of consequences on a behavior: positive and negative amplification, and positive and negative deletion. Reinforcement refers to increasing the frequency of behavior, and erasure that it ensures that behavior occurs less often.
The “positive” and “negative” means whether an amplifier is given or withdrawn. Say: Positive gain would be, for example, a candy after the math homework, negative gain would take away an unpleasant thing like, for example, that a house arrest is terminated as soon as the math homework is done. Do you mean something positive and negative? This is the same for deletion: Positive deletion means a direct negative consequence, e.g., computer ban if homework is not done, negative deletion would then be the omission of a positive thing, e.g., mobile phone, if homework was not done.
So: reinforcement leads to more behavior X, and deletion to less behavior X
Positive reinforcement = Positive consequence (“reward”)
Negative amplification = omission of a negative sequence
Positive deletion = Negative consequence (” punishment”)
Negative deletion = omission of a positive consequence
I hope this helps:)