Operant Conditioning
1. Experiment
Purpose of Experiment: Teach People how to throw a bowling ball to strike.
Type of Reinforcement/Punishment: Reinforcement (candy)
Discrimination in the Experiment: NA
Generalization in the Experiment: Throw a strike with any ball on any surface
What would make the behavior Extinct: Take away Candy
Schedule of Reinforcement: Continuous to Partial
2. Shape and Chain:
1. Find standing spot and target
2. Correct steps
3. Keep hand behind ball
4. Loose swing
5. Get hips and legs out of way of the ball
6. Hook ball at the last second of the swing
7. Hit target
8. Watch ball react
Purpose of Experiment: Teach People how to throw a bowling ball to strike.
Type of Reinforcement/Punishment: Reinforcement (candy)
Discrimination in the Experiment: NA
Generalization in the Experiment: Throw a strike with any ball on any surface
What would make the behavior Extinct: Take away Candy
Schedule of Reinforcement: Continuous to Partial
2. Shape and Chain:
1. Find standing spot and target
2. Correct steps
3. Keep hand behind ball
4. Loose swing
5. Get hips and legs out of way of the ball
6. Hook ball at the last second of the swing
7. Hit target
8. Watch ball react