PSYC 2440 Lecture 7: PSYC 2440 - Behavior Modification Principles - Lecture 7 - Chapter 7.docx

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

Document Summary

Psych 2440 behavior modification principles lecture 7 - chapter 7. Chapter 7 getting a new behavior to occur with shaping. Extent of follow through on a tennis serve. Amount: frequency number of instances of the behavior in a given time. Continuous amount of time that the behavior lasts. Time between the controlling stimulus and the behavior. Teaching a child to say mommy instead of mama . Increasing number of steps walked in an exercise program. Length of time to mix pancake batter until it"s the right consistency. Time between the question, what time is it? and the response of looking at your watch. Avoid under-reinforcement of a shaping step: avoid reinforcing too many times at any shaping step. Pitfalls of shaping: unaware-misapplication, shaping may be unknowingly be applied to develop undesirable behaviors, failure-to-apply, underreinforcement and/or overreinforcement of a shaping behavior.