"In operant conditioning, people and animals learn to do certain things "and not to do others "because of the results of what they do- (Rathus, 135-136). Voluntary responses such as behaviors that people have control over are conditioned. A psychologist named B. F. Skinner devised a weapon called Project Pigeon. Pigeons had guided missiles to targets during the war. As the pigeons pecked at the targets on a screen, they were given food pellets. Once the learned how to acquire those skills, they were put in missiles. .
The principles of learning Skinner applied to the project are fine examples of operant conditioning. An animal or person learns to do something because of its effects or consequences that occur. Skinner realized that if the pigeons were rewarded with food, they would continue to do a good job by pecking at the targets. Also, Skinner devised a "Skinner box- in which a rat was placed in there given food randomly. Reinforcement is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances that the preceding behavior will occur again. By pressing the lever repeatedly, the rat was no longer hungry.
With the different experiments that took place, one can see that it does not matter why an organism makes that first response that's reinforced. It can happen by chance or it can be physically driven in them. .
My practical application of Skinner's work on operant conditioning involves various experiments.
I will make a chart in which the procedure and results will be shown. .
I will write a journal of the events that occur and write my thoughts about them. I will talk about how they can be different.
I will create my own project where I will see how my sister acts with the various ways she will be treated and under different circumstances.
B. F. Skinner On a day to day basis, people do many actions without realizing it, and most of the time, they don't know why they do them. Certain reinforcements, some positive, and some negative have conditioned their actions and thoughts. All organisms, including humans, are greatly influenc...
Skinner B. F. Skinner was born on March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, a small town in the hills of Pennsylvania. ... Skinner attended Hamilton college where he decided he would go on to become a writer. ... In 1943, Skinner was confronted with a problem that hit a little closer to home. ...
In the early half of the twentieth century, a movement in philosophy and psychology called Behaviorism grew in opposition to the mostly introspectionist methods of the times. Stressing the relation of mental subjects to their quantitatively measurable physical manifestations, the movement attempted...
Skinner. ... Reinforcement is the key element in Skinner's theory. ... The child received four "A's" and one "B". ... Generalization is the last element made up in Skinners theory. ... From his theories, Skinner developed the idea of "shaping....
Harvard psychologist B. F. Skinner's early experiments produced pigeons that could dance, do figure eights, and play tennis. ... Skinner's entire system was based on operant conditioning, learning that is strengthened when behavior is followed by positive reinforcement. ... In a classic experiment, a rat in a Skinner box, an animal cage that was used to study operant behavior, was deprived of food. ...
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, psychologist and behaviorist, was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania in 1904 to William Skinner and Grace Burrhus. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a naturally bright woman. Skinner had only one sibling a brother who died at the age of sixteen. Skinner lived most o...
John B. ... B.F Skinner was a behaviorist like John Watson, skinner coined a term called Operant to describe any active behavior that operates upon the environment to generate consequences. ... Skinner distinguished two kinds of reinforcing stimuli; primary and conditioning. ... New behaviors can be acquired through the process of shaping, skinner believed that shaping could explain how people acquired a variety of skills and abilities. ...
Psychology Psychology as a science has developed over a long period of time, literally centuries. During this period of time, many persons have had an influence on the development of Psychology. In this paper I am going to describe three persons and their contributions to Psychology. Also how t...
