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Operant behaviour : interactions in multi-operant schedules / Jason M. White.
ix, 267 leaves : graphs, tables ; 30 cm.
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Fluency and controlled-operant training methods
The study compared the effectiveness three computerized training methods with respect to behavioral outcomes correlated with fluency. Subjects were trained to translate binary numbers into decimal numbers. Responses were made orally with the use of voice recognition software. One training method …
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High-Throughput Operant Conditioning in Drosophila Larvae
Operant conditioning is the process by which animals learn to associate their own behaviour with positive or negative outcomes, biasing future action selection in order to maximise reward and avoid punishment. It is an important strategy to ensure survival in an ever-changing environment. Although …
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Operant Assessment of Visual Acuity in the Profoundly Retarded
… The present paper investigated the use of operant conditioning procedures in determining threshold crossings and compared the effectiveness of the staircase and descending series stimulus presentation methods, using a two-response paradigm. Procedure. Three profoundly retarded and two …
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Operant training of originality in hospitalized adult mental patients
… area of behavioral originality. In the study operant techniques were used to train originality in hospitalized mentally ill or mentally retarded subjects (Ss). Originality of behavior was defined in terms of the observable behavior of the Ss in the research setting. Original responses were …
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The Effects of Reinforcing Operant Variability on Task Acquisition
Neuringer, Deiss, and Olson (2000) was replicated and extended to determine the effect of variability contingencies on task acquisition for twelve 7-9 year old children. Subjects first learned to press a computer's shift keys with increasing response variation. Each subject was then exposed to one …
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Changing a Student’s Classroom Behavior Using Operant Conditioning Techniques
This experiment was designed to extinguish a sixth grade boy's undesirable classroom behaviors by the complete withdrawal of teacher attention, and to develop and increase in successive approximations, the child's desirable classroom behaviors by frequent and intermittent teacher attention. The …
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Experimental Analysis of Operant Learning with Social Reinforcement in Mice
… reinforcement/reward (SR) procedures in which operant responses are reinforced by the opportunity to interact in some way with other members of the same species (conspecifics) have been developed to study operant social learning in nonhuman animals, particularly with rats. Interest and research …
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Analysis of The Distributed Representation of Operant Memory In Aplysia
<p>Operant conditioning, a ubiquitous form of learning in which animals learn from the consequences of behavior, engages a high-dimensional neuronal population space spanning multiple brain regions. A complete characterization of an operant memory remains elusive. Some sites of plasticity …
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The Experimental Use of Operant Procedures with Language Delayed Children
… vocalization during and after the application of operant conditioning techniques. (2) To compare the variations in the vocalization produced by the children. (3) To explore the possibility of shaping those vocalizations into meaningful words. The study sought to verify the following statement: …
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Operant Response Rate in a Mixed Schedule of Sucrose Reinforcers
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Operant Procedures in the Auditory Assessment of "Difficult-To-Test" Individuals
… The present study investigated the use of operant conditioning procedures to determine hearing threshold levels with profoundly retarded individuals. Procedure. Three profoundly retarded individuals were trained to respond on an FR 2 or 3 schedule of reinforcement to puretone presentations …
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Examination of potential elicitors of operant and respondent behaviors in smokers
<p>Research on operant learning principles suggests that discriminative stimuli, and negative and positive reinforcement play a role in the maintenance of smoking behavior. Smoking research from a respondent learning paradigm focuses on the role of environmental stimuli that function as elicitors …
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Operant Conditioning in the King Snake (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>)
<p>The purpose of the present study was to condition king snakes to manipulate a pigeon key for water reinforcement. Two king snakes were used as control subjects receiving no reinforcement and two were used as experimental subjects to receive water reinforcement.</p> <p>This study demonstrated …
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Biophysical Model of Retraction Motor Neurons and Their Modification by Operant Conditioning
<p>Operant conditioning (OC) is a form of associative learning in which an animal modifies its behavior based on the consequences that follow that behavior. Despite its ubiquity, the underlying mechanisms of OC are poorly understood. Insights into the mechanisms of OC can be obtained by studying …
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Operant conditioning in the regular classroom setting : a review of positive reinforcers
"Cette étude passe en revue les différents renforcements positifs utilisés dans les classes régulières des écoles. Bien que 1'utilisation des techniques du conditionnement opérant ne date que d'une dizaine d'années, leur emploi s'est avéré très efficace comme procédure thérapeutique. Ces techniques …
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