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Free Response Question #2 (Pigeon)

Directions: You have 25 minutes to answer the following question. It is not enough to answer the question b merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argment based on your critical analysis of the questions posed, using appropriate psychological terminology.

B. F. Skinner was known for using the principles of operant conditioning to train animals to perform complex behaviors.

Group 1

Explain how he may have trained pigeons to play a game of ping pong using the following terms in your response:

Question 1a

Short answer
  • shaping and successive approximations

Question 1b

Short answer
  • Positive reinforcement

Question 1c

Short answer
  • negative reinforcement

Question 1d

Short answer

-fixed-ratio and variable-ratio schedules

Question 1e

Short answer
  • positive punishment and negative punishment

Question 1f

Short answer
  • extinction

Question 2

Short answer

Additionally, explain why operant conditioning was used to train the pigeons to play ping pong rather than classical conditioning.

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