CHYS 3P60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reinforcement

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 3P60
• Professor: Tricia Vause

Document Summary

A positive reinforcer is an event that, when presented immediately a behaviour, causes the behaviour to increase in frequency (or likelihood of occurrence) martin & pear, 2011. Situation: person sitting in class and professor asks a question. Response: student raises hand and answers the question. Long term effects: in the future, student is more likely upon hearing a question asked to raise their hand and utter a response because of the social reinforcement that they received. Situation: dad comes to pick up his son, nick from school. Response: nick runs up to dad and pulls his hair. Long term effects: in the future, nick is more likely to engage in hair pulling because of the attention that he received. What are some factors that influence the effectiveness of. Make the behaviour specific; use operational definitions (clear, positive reinforcement? complete, objective)