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Operant Conditioning and Behavioral Analysis

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS

11 lessons

Goal

Analyze how voluntary behaviors are shaped through reinforcement, punishment, and schedules of reinforcement in experimental and applied contexts.

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  1. Thorndike's Puzzle Box and the Law of EffectUp next
  2. Positive and Negative Reinforcement: Strengthening BehaviorNot started yet
  3. Positive and Negative Punishment: Weakening BehaviorNot started yet
  4. Primary Versus Secondary Conditioned ReinforcersNot started yet
  5. Continuous Versus Partial Intermittent Reinforcement SchedulesNot started yet
  6. Ratio Schedules: Fixed-Ratio and Variable-Ratio PatternsNot started yet
  7. Interval Schedules: Fixed-Interval and Variable-Interval PatternsNot started yet
  8. Skinner's Operant Chamber and Experimental Behavioral AnalysisNot started yet
  9. Shaping and Chaining Complex Behaviors Through Successive ApproximationsYou are here
  10. Token Economies and Applied Behavior Analysis in Clinical SettingsNot started yet
  11. Operant Principles in Classroom Management and ParentingNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-flSS.912.P.7.6Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe clinical and experimental examples of operant conditioning.