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Operant Conditioning Paper

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It is important for babies to stay in the womb as close to 40 weeks as possible so that they can obtain all the nutrients from their mother and develop fully before making their entrance into this world. Research has been done to discover the differences between full term babies and pre-term babies. Operant procedures has been shown to be able to assess medical disorders including prematurity. B.F. Skinner’s operant conditionings goal is to modify behavior using positive and negative reinforcement. Operant conditioning teaches the consequences to actions (McLeod, 2007). In this paper I will discuss how operant learning can be used to assess the learning ability of infants born prematurely. In 2004, Jill C. Heathcock and her colleagues set …show more content…

During the first few minutes the mobile is put into a position where it cannot be moved. After that for the independent variable infants the mobile is allowed to be moved by their kicking. The comparison infants had the mobile moved for them during this period of time. During the last few minutes the mobile was not able to move for all groups. The testing went on for about 6 weeks so that they had enough time to collect relevant data (Heathcock, 2004). The results that were gathered showed that the preterm infants seemed to kick more than the full term infants did in both the independent group and the comparison group. Even though the preterm infants kicked more, they did not meet the criteria of learning within the six weeks. The criteria for learning was to have a normal kicking rate during at least the second or third section of the time that was greater that the kicking rate in the first few minutes. They also had to have a normalized kicking rate during the last few minutes greater than the comparison group (Heathcock, …show more content…

The criteria for memory was to have a normal kicking rate during the first few minutes of the session on day 2 (which is short-term memory). On day 3 (considered long-term memory) have a higher kicking rate during the first few minutes than on day 1. They also had to have a normal kicking rate the first few minutes on day 2 and day 3 that was greater than the comparison group (Heathcock, 2004). The full term infants showed that they learned on day 1, but the comparison group of infants did not. When it came to memory the full term infants in the independent group showed more short-term and long-term memory capabilities than the comparison group

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