Hello and WELCOME! This video focuses positive reinforcement which is defined as a stimuli added inn the environment after a target behavior occurs that results in the increased likelihood that the target behavior occurs again in the future. For example, I mention Burrhus Frederic Skinner aka B.F. Skinner's experiment in which he showed how positive reinforcement worked by placing a hungry pigeon in his Skinner box. The box contained a lever in the side and as the pigeon moved about the box it would accidentally knock the lever. When it did, food would immediately drop into a container next to the lever. The pigeons quickly learned to go straight to the lever after a few times of being put into the box. The consequence of receiving food when the pigeon pressed the lever ensured that they would repeat the action again and again.

McLeod, S. A. (2007). Skinner - Operant Conditioning. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html

If you want to see how a pigeon was shaped to engage in more complex behavior watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-RS80DVvrg

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