Lecture week 5.

 Assalammualaikum. :)

 Since we have only one class on that week, so,

this is a summary of what we have learned in class.

 

Thank you, Barakallahufikum.

Fourth week lecture

In 4^th week lecture our lovely madam, give us an explanation on “Operant conditioning”. What is “Operant conditioning”?

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning/ instrumental conditioning is a method of learning through rewards and punishments for behavior. Discovered by behaviorist B. F. Skinner. He believed that thinking and motivations could not be used to explain behavior. He suggested, we should look only at the observable behavior.

Differences between Classical and Operant Conditioning

	Classical Conditioning	Operant Conditioning
Occur when	2 stimuli (UCS & CS) are paired	A response is followed by a reinforcing stimulus.
Association acquired	CS >>> CR	Response >>> Reinforcing stimulus
Nature of response	Involuntary action	Voluntary action

Actually we had an activity to do, but Madam started the class by explaining the differences between classical and operant conditioning so that we can identify the mistakes that we had made in our story on classical conditioning. After that we got the ‘aha’ moment and started to understand the differences between then and madam gave us time to correct the mistakes. So then, in the next class we can go ahead with the group activity!