FRHD 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning, Praise You

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Punishment: eliminating behaviour, positive punishment, aversive stimuli, negative punishment, removing a reward, a punishment is for decreasing behaviour. Reinforcements increase the likelihood that a behaviour will increase. Punishments increase the likelihood that a behaviour will decrease. Negative is the absence of a stimuli: taking it away. Just like reinforcement, punishment can have a: direct acting effect (given immediately) Indirect acting effect (noted immediately but given after a delay) Four types of punishers: pain-inducing punishers, unpleasant. Individual is only allowed to take part in some of the reinforcing stimuli available in their environment: response cost, removal of specified amount of reinforcement, negative punishment, used to decrease particular behaviour. Effective punishment: vary the punisher, emphasize the behaviour not the behaver Immediate punishment (direct effect) is more effective than delayed punishment (indirect) Fear: aggression, avoidance of the context (in addition to the behaviour, modeling. What do we use positive punishment for: behaviour problems, well-trained professional with a clear plan.