PSY 001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Psych

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 001
• Professor: elizabeth

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Is the weakening and eventual disappearance of a response because it is no longer reinforced: if food stops being released from pressing the lever, rat will stop pressing. Resistance to extinction degree to which non-reinforced responses persist. Good alternative to punishment reduces undesirable behaviours. Is actively applying negative stimuli (such as slaps, electric shocks, etc. ) Response is weakened by the subsequent presentation of a stimulus. Correlational research has found that parents that use physical punishment on children display more aggression/violence than those that do not receive it. Response is weakened by the subsequent removal of a stimulus. Punish behaviour by attempting to take away something desirable to the person. Different than operant extinction because in oe, the stimulus that reinforces behaviour is removed, but np removes desirable stimuli. Advantages over pp: less likely to create fear or anger towards the punisher, no physical aggression. To discipline children, better to deprive an object or activity rather than love.