B.f. Skinner

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Psychology

 

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Kelly S

 

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October 15, 2012

 

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The organism is in the process of "operating" on the environment, which in ordinary terms means it is bouncing around the world, doing what it does. During this "operating," the organism encounters a special kind of stimulus, called a reinforcing stimulus, or simply a reinforcer. This special stimulus has the effect of increasing the operant - which is the behavior occurring just before the reinforcer...
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This is operant conditioning: "the behavior is followed by a consequence, and the nature of the consequence modifies the organisms tendency to repeat the behavior in the future." Say you have a dog and he's just playing around with his toys and such and then when you throw a toy at him and he catches it then you give him a treat...
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