PSYC 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nociceptor, Reinforcement

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2440
• Professor: All

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Psych 2440 behavior modification principles lecture 13 - chapter 13. Punisher: an immediate consequence of an operant behavior that causes that behavior to decrease in frequency, aversive stimuli. Punishment: occurs immediately after the problem behavior, it is not a form of moral sanction, vengeance, or retribution, it is not used to deter others from engaging in the target behavior. Physical punisher: stimuli that activate pain receptors (nociceptors, unconditioned punishers/stimuli. Reprimand: a strong negative verbal stimulus immediately contingent on behavior, conditioned punisher a punisher as a result of having been paired with another punisher. Timeout: a period of time immediately following a particular behavior during which an individual loses the opportunity to earn reinforcers, two types: Exclusionary timeout: removing an individual briefly from a reinforcing situation (e. g. go to your room, the period in timeout should not be very long. Introducing into the situation, immediately following a behavior, a stimulus associated with less reinforcement.