2006-12-16 14:07:21 · 2 answers · asked by edgar 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You good do an experiment that involves gambling, as gambling behaviour is sort of classic in terms of operant conditioning. The pay-off doesn't have to be money if the subjects are told that the object is to gain as many poker chips or m&m's or whatever. You could change the contingencies - vary the payoffs according to time intervals, number of responses and make them variable or fixed, then see which reinforcement schedule results in the biggest pay-off for the "casino" and which gets the gamblers to gamble the longest, etc. Put your mind to it, use a little creativity and you could probably come up with an experiment that is fun and interesting.
2006-12-16 14:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by senlin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to this website, click on 'classical and operant conditioning', then scroll down and click on 'psych lab on-line' and it will give you several different options.
http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/ba.shtml
2006-12-16 22:23:14 · answer #2 · answered by Blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋