Picture a filled candy machine (e.g., containing M&Ms) on a table at the front of a room of 3rd graders. The teacher invites any and all interested students to come inspect the machine and do whatever they want to with it (most will, of course, pull the lever and be rewarded with candy). While students are engaging in this activity: Relate any behaviors you expect to observe to the concepts of Operant Conditioning listed below. (1) What would happen to their behavior when the machine is filled? (2) What would happen to their behavior when all the candy was gone? (3) What if the machine were refilled? (4) What if there was an empty candy machine next to the candy machine? (5) What if there was a similar machine (such as a gumball machine) filled, but not exactly like the candy machine? (6) What if you do not like candy? (7) What if the machine were filled with money instead of candy? (8) What if, like a slot machine, money only appeared after a random number of pulls of the lever? (9) What might happen to your behavior if you are reinforced on a variable ratio schedule instead of a continuous one? (10) What would happen if very bad-tasting candy came out of the machine? (11)Can you come up with additional questions or interesting variations of their own? Discrimination Punishment Secondary reinforce Effectiveness of a reinforcer, motivation Spontaneous recovery Generalization Superstitious behavior, extinction would take longer Extinction Acquisition of behavior Variable ratio schedule
Picture a filled candy machine (e.g., containing M&Ms) on a table at the front of a room of 3rd graders. The teacher invites any and all interested students to come inspect the machine and do whatever they want to with it (most will, of course, pull the lever and be rewarded with candy). While students are engaging in this activity:
Relate any behaviors you expect to observe to the concepts of Operant Conditioning listed below.
(1) What would happen to their behavior when the machine is filled?
(2) What would happen to their behavior when all the candy was gone?
(3) What if the machine were refilled?
(4) What if there was an empty candy machine next to the candy machine?
(5) What if there was a similar machine (such as a gumball machine) filled, but not exactly like the candy machine?
(6) What if you do not like candy?
(7) What if the machine were filled with money instead of candy?
(8) What if, like a slot machine, money only appeared after a random number of pulls of the lever?
(9) What might happen to your behavior if you are reinforced on a variable ratio schedule instead of a continuous one?
(10) What would happen if very bad-tasting candy came out of the machine?
(11)Can you come up with additional questions or interesting variations of their own?
- Discrimination
- Punishment
- Secondary reinforce
- Effectiveness of a reinforcer, motivation
- Spontaneous recovery
- Generalization
- Superstitious behavior, extinction would take longer
- Extinction
- Acquisition of behavior
- Variable ratio schedule
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