Criminal Psychology Topic 6 Edexcel 9-1 WITHOUT studies

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What is operant conditioning
a theory that states that to change the behaviour of a person you must punish them or reward them based on what you want to change.
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When you negatively reinforce someone, what are you doing?
take away something bad to promote behaviour
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Which answer is correct for negative punishment
take away something good to discourage behaviour
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what are secondary reinforcers
the rewards when positively reinforcing
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who came up with operant conditioning
Skinner in 1948
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give the correct example of a primary reinforcer.
water
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give a weakness for operant conditioning
doesn't take into account that criminals might commit a crime regardless of reward/punishment.
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