COLLECTION NAME:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Title:
Personality and Personality Theories, lecture 20
Title Type:
Devised
Alternative Title:
Allport 4; Operant conditioning 1
Alternative Title:
Operant conditioning 2
Name:
Ossorio, Peter G.
Resource Type:
Audio
Genre:
sound recordings
Genre:
lectures
Place Created:
Boulder (Colo.)
Date Created:
1974-11-14
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 audiocassette (1 hour, 46 min., 58 sec.)
Form:
open reel audiotapes
Abstract:
Recorded lecture #20 provided by Dr. Peter Ossorio from his advanced personality course titled Personality and Personality Theories. Ossorio talks about Burrhus Frederic Skinner's operant conditioning theory.
Note:
00:00:00 Recording starts in the middle of a lecture by Dr. Peter Ossorio. A student asks about functional equivalence. 00:03:40 Ossorio addresses a question regarding traits as a motivational concept. 00:09:55 Ossorio continues to talk about behavioral traits and adaptive behavior. 00:14:50 Ossorio repeats assignment instructions about assigning traits. 00:15:30 Ossorio switches topics to talk about operant conditioning. He lists terms on the chalkboard. He continues to talk about the operant and respondent. 00:19:30 Ossorio talks about the concept of reinforcement. 00:22:55 Ossorio repeats the definition of the cessation of punishment. 00:25:46 Ossorio considers the notion of changing a behavior. He continues to talk about reinforcement. 00:28:00 Ossorio talks about response generalization. 00:31:21 Ossorio introduces another paradigm related to reinforcement. 00:34:30 Ossorio addresses a question from a student about probability in notions of reinforcement. 00:39:00 Ossorio talks about the notion of discrimination and the notion of extinction. 00:40:00 A student asks Ossorio if he can talk about behavior as inclusive of the contingencies when talking about reinforcement. 00:47:00 Ossorio talks about the historical dialog about reinforcement. 00:49:35 Ossorio talks about selective factors which change behaviors under likely conditions. 00:52:13 Ossorio talks about a complex conditioned response where one reinforces selectively, generalizes, and discriminates. 00:59:45 Ossorio addresses a question about dimensions of similarity. 01:01:57 Ossorio circles back to reinforcement. 01:04:09 Ossorio talks about conditioned operants. 01:08:35 Ossorio offers a historical reflection related to conditioned operants and contingency. 01:10:00 Ossorio talks about Burrhus Frederic Skinner’s notion to conditioned operants. 01:12:00 Ossorio talks about two general contingencies of reinforcement, including a stimulant. 01:16:55 Ossorio talks about the history of notions and shaping behavior. He continues to talk about operant conditioning. 01:29:35 Ossorio addresses a question from a student asking if controlling variables were once stimuli. Ossorio talks through one of Skinner’s explanations. 01:45:47 Ossorio concludes his lecture by stating the next lecture will talk about shaping behavior. 01:46:57 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
[cataloger's note: alternative titles are copied from Ossorio's course outline. To view the outline and additional background information about the recordings, please visit Peter G. Ossorio's webpage titled, "Personality and Personality Theories - Lectures by Peter G. Ossorio, Ph.D. / Presentation : 1974" on the Society for Descriptive Psychology website.]
Subject Topic:
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Subject Topic:
Psychology--Study and teaching
Subject Name:
Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990
Identifier:
U183071033351_narv_ossorioPeter_37-13_advancedPersonalityLectures20_a.mp3
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU:3855 | Box: 37 | Tape: 13
Related Item:
Personality and Personality Theories
Date Captured:
Spring, 2024
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
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