INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING

Instrumental Conditioning



Instrumental Conditioning

Introduction

Operant conditioning (also called instrumental conditioning, learning and Skinnerian conditioning type II) is a concept of behaviorism initiated by Edward Thorndike and developed by Skinner in the mid- twentieth century. This theory is interested in learning which results in action, taking into account the consequences of making it more or less likely the reproduction of said behavior (Terry, 2009).

Instrumental Conditioning

In psychology, instrumental conditioning is a form of learning in which the result (the reinforcing stimulus) is contingent upon the response that the subject has already issued, regulating its posterior probability. The word, introduced by Edward Thorndike, ...