Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Law of Effect and Operant Conditioning

Edward Thorndike:

1. Explain Thorndike's puzzle-box experiment.

2. Explain Thorndike's "Law of Effect".

3. Explain Thorndike's "Law of Exercise".

B.F. Skinner:

1. Explain Skinner's concept of Operant Conditioning

2. What does  reinforcement always do?

3. What does a punishment alsways do?

4. Explain the difference between "postive" and "negative" as they are used in opernat conditioning.

You will need to do internet research to complete the questions above - remember, you must not COPY/PASTE - write your answers in your own words and site all resources used.
Due Date is Friday December 3rd.

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