ABDULLAH, FARIZZAH H.
SOLAIMAN, ROSALYN H.
REPORT OUTLINE
B.F SKINNER OPERANT CONDITIONING
Learning Objectives:
To be able to know what is Operant Conditioning
To be able to understand the role of Counselor
To be able to identify the different Techniques
VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE
A. Behaviorists, with the exception of cognitive behaviorists, concentrate on be
observed.
B. Behaviorism has a here-and-now focus.
C. A basic tenet of Behaviorism is that all behavior is learned whether the
behavior is maladaptive or adaptive.
D. Behaviorists believe that adaptive behavior can be learned to replace
maladaptive behavior.
E. Behaviorists believe in setting up well-defined, measurable and observable
goals in therapy.
F. Behaviorists reject the idea that human personality is composed of traits.
G. Behaviorists strive for empirical evidence to support their use of specific
techniques and to support the usage of behavioral therapy techniques.
H. Respondent learning is often referred to as stimulus-response learning in
which the learner does not need to be an active participant. The outcome is the
conditioning of involuntary responses. The unlearning of these conditioned
responses is called counterconditioning.
Example: Last year, one of Mrs. Jansen’s preschool students was terrified of
people with blond hair. Mrs. Jansen brought a stuffed animal and stickers to
class each day and after a week, the student wasn’t afraid of Mrs. Jansen
anymore.
1. Operant conditioning requires that the participant be actively involved. This
type of learning involves rewarding the desired behavior or punishing the
undesired behavior until the person learns to discriminate the desired behavior
