Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0604 review, 2 to 3 minutes
Teaching One Behavior Two Ways
The idea
Building a full behavior plan means selecting between classical, operant, and observational methods for one target and defending each choice.
In practice
One target — a child who refuses to enter the dentist's office — worked through completely. The classical route: identifying the conditioned stimulus, planning graduated exposure, anticipating spontaneous recovery. The operant route: selecting the reinforcer, choosing the schedule, planning for the extinction burst. The observational route: sibling modeling with visible vicarious reinforcement. Ends by naming which route the evidence favors here and why the other two still contribute.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- 0495Classical Conditioning
- 0505The Conditioned Response
- 0511Extinction in Classical Conditioning
- 0537Operant Conditioning
- 0541Reinforcement
- 0544Positive Reinforcement
- 0546Negative Reinforcement
- 0555Shaping
- 0561The Variable-Ratio Schedule
- 0569Extinction in Operant Conditioning
- 0588Observational Learning
- 0594Vicarious Reinforcement
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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