Interactive Links

Active Learning Exercises

• Positive Reinforcement: A Self-Instructional Exercise
  Can you recognize when a person is receiving positive reinforcement? This tutorial teaches the concept of positive reinforcement by giving good and bad examples of the concept and analyzing why one is good and the other is not.  (See also pages 188-191 in Psychology in Action, 5e.)
  
  

• A Review of Operant and Classical Conditioning
  Use this exercise to review the major names, terms and concepts associated with classical and operant conditioning.
  
  

• Operant Conditioning
  This page gives examples of operant conditioning and defines behaviors, reinforcers, and schedules of reinforcement.
  
  

• Classical Conditioning
  This tutorial is a summary of classical conditioning.  The major separate parts of this tutorial are listed below in the classical conditioning section of Interactive Links. (See also pages 180-186 in Psychology in Action, 5e.)
  
  

Classical Conditioning

• Types of Classical Conditioning
  This page explains the different ways that a person or animal can learn using classical conditioning.  (See also pages 180-186 in Psychology in Action, 5e.)
  
  
• Generalization
  This is an explanation of Stimulus Generalization in classical conditioning.  (See also pages 186-187 in Psychology in Action, 5e.)
  
  
• Extinction
  An explanation of extinction in classical conditioning.  (See also pages 185-186 in Psychology in Action, 5e.)
  
  

Operant Conditioning and B. F. Skinner

• Operant Conditioning (B. F. Skinner)
  This page discusses operant conditioning and even has a QuickTime movie of Skinner explaining his theory.
  
  
• The B. F. Skinner Foundation
  Find out detailed information concerning B. F. Skinner, including references to all his major publications.
  
  
• The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  This journal is primarily for the publication of experiments relevant to the behavior of individual organisms.
  
  
• The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  This journal is primarily for the publication of experimental research involving applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to social problems.
  
  
• Animal Training at Sea World
  This site gives detailed information on how animal trainers use operant condition to train marine animals at Sea World.
  

• Slot Machine
  Experience a random reinforcement schedule as you lose money playing a virtual slot machine.  (This demonstration is a JAVA applet.)

Observational Learning

• Social Learning Theory (A. Bandura)
  This page is a brief summary of the Social Learning Theory proposed by Albert Bandura.

Edward Thorndike

• Connectionism (E. Thorndike)
  Edward Thorndike proposed a theory that he called connectionism.  The basis of the theory is the law of effect.  This page gives a brief summary of Thorndike's theory. (For more on Thorndike see page 188 in Psychology in Action, 5e.)

Rat Humor

• Oppatoons
  Cartoons of rats who are being conditioned in a Skinner Box.

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