Pschology Week 3

Samantha Richey

Homework Week 3

Operant Conditioning which is also known as instrumental conditioning describes how people’s behaviors are modified by their consequences. Sometimes the different behaviors can change in terms of form, frequency, and strength. I use operant conditioning all the time with my children. When my kids do something wrong or out of place I will either take away their favorite toy or game for a period of time or if it was opposite and both kids do something well they will get rewarded.

Observational Learning is learning all different types of behavior by watching others. This form of learning was identified by Albert Bandura in 1986. Observational learning is very important to gather new responses by watching others especially in children. An example of this kind of behavior can come from if you or your child are watching a television program and it shows you how to do something on that show that is observational learning.

Social Learning also known as social learning theory further goes through concepts such as modeling and observational learning. Everyone including children all learn from the environment, and the changes that occur on a daily basis. Social Behavior goes along the same concept of reward/punishment for their actions. If it is your first day of work and you walk into the employee kitchen and do not know where anything is placed at you might watch other employees and see where things are at.

All three different types of behavior are utilized in the work place with either getting a raise or promotion for a job well done. When you are the new employee you would watch other people to find out where the fax machine is or extra supplies are. When you are a teenager and you look up to an older girl you want to be like her and dress like her. These are all examples of all three different behaviors.

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