Week 5 - Operant Conditioning & Observational Learning

Session 11 - Operant Conditioning

Open the session with the introduction and explanation of the 'Token Economy' annotated portfolio activity...

Revisit the concepts delivered and discussed last session and move back onto the OP PowerPoint - this session it covers the concepts such as:

• Schedules of reinforcement
• Factors effecting reinforcement
• Shaping
• Token economies
• Comparisons between CC and OC

Students are to read from 479 to 505 of the textbook and complete the following Learning Activities:

• 10.20
• 10.21
• 10.22

Session 12 - Observational Learning

Complete the write up for the Token Economy Activity and run through the concepts from last session.

Move onto the next learning theory - Observational Learning / Social Learning Theory. Begin the 'Observational Learning' PowerPoint - this presentation covers the following concepts:

• Definition of observational learning
• Vicarious Reinforcement and Punishment
• Social Learning Theory - Bandura's Bobo Doll Studies
• Elements of Observational Learning - Attention, Retention, Reproduction, Motivation - Reinforcement

Students are to complete the Obs Learning Activity and finish the write up.

Students are to read from 509 to 522 of the textbook and complete the following Learning Activities:

• 10.30
• 10.34

Also - the Chapter 10 Test must be complete - Multiple Choice (not Q's 13, 21, 22 & 28)  and the Short Answer (not Q 7)