WIMICT 9/15-9/16

I'm a little behind on the post today, but here's what we did in class.

At first we did a short review of Classical Conditioning and watched this video:



After the video we discussed the basic differences in Operant and Classical Conditioning. (ppt slide one)

We viewed this video about how claw machines work and discussed the fact that we play machines like this because we associate the behavior (playing) with the consequence (a prize), but sometimes the consequences are manipulated.



After watching this video, we looked at an actual example of B.F. Skinner training a pigeon.



We followed this with a group exercise in operant conditioning, attempting to train a classmate using operant methods of reinforcement.

Finally, we covered some class notes on Operant Conditioning using this Powerpoint