Some time ago,
operant conditioning was more a matter of specialists.
Skinner (1981, 1984) paralleled
operant conditioning with natural selection to stress that in a functional analysis, a mechanistic type of causality does not adequately describe relations among events.
From the previous discussion it should be clear that speech-language pathologists and applied behavior analysts must rely on the
operant conditioning methods to establish S-R relations to carry out language interventions.
Operant conditioning is the process by which behavior is modified by manipulation of the contingencies of the behavior (Bushardt, Fowler, and Debnath, 1988; Organ and Hamner, 1982; Skinner, 1971; Skinner, 1969).
To do so, we adapted the procedure of the
operant conditioning of foot kicks used with infants by Rovee-Collier (1984, 1999) and Rovee-Collier and Barr (2001a, 2001b), so that the infants could perceive the tactile consequences of their leg movements.
Superstition: A corollary of the principles of
operant conditioning.
The system is based on the premise of
operant conditioning theory using a shock as the stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a particular behavior being repeated.
My introductory classes and I benefited by a) experiencing firsthand incidents of aggression, deindividuation, in-group bias and stereotyping; b) applying what they already knew about
Operant conditioning and Social learning to new situations and c) understanding social psychological phenomena through the use of salient example rather than definitions.
As psychologists we assume that FGM is mainly practiced by traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and midwives and rarely by medical doctors as a habit acquired through different learning principles such as
operant conditioning which is learning from the consequences of behaviour.
Therapists teach these parenting behaviors (principles) to parents through the intensive
operant conditioning that occurs during coaching.
Skinner described a society whose managers use
operant conditioning to suppress competitiveness and other undesired behaviors.
Using
operant conditioning, animal trainers will work with the sea lions to provide entertaining and educational performances.
