PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Intellectual Disability, Reinforcement
23 Jun 2011
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extinction of behavior maintained by social positive reinforcement. extinction of behavior maintained by social negative reinforcement. extinction of behavior maintained by automatic positive reinforcement. extinction of behavior maintained by automatic negative reinforcement: to use extinction, you must first identify the reinforcer that maintains the problem behaviour and then eliminate it. plan to collect data in all contexts: 2. Identify the reinforcer for the problem behaviour through functional assessment. note: there may be more than one reinforcer involved: 3. Eliminate the reinforce after each instance of the problem behaviour. Consider the schedule of reinforcement for the problem behaviour. less resistance to extinction following continuous reinforcement schedule. extinction decreases behavior more slowly following intermittent reinforcement. If its intermittent use continuous to reduce quickly: 5. reinforce an alternative behavior to replace the problem behavior: 6. extinction used by everyone, all the time www. notesolution. com.
