PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gift Card, Operant Conditioning
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Student behaviour modification: target behaviour: asking/answering questions during lecture (exact behaviour going to change) Goal/outcome: increasing class participation: target behaviour: read chapters and attend/watch lectures. Review positive reinforcers: tangible: gift card, consumable: candy, chocolate, activity: more breaks in class, social: praise, smile, feedback: you answered that question correctly. Positive reinforcers: how do we ascertain what will be positively reinforcing to a group, guess work. Age : extra tv time for kids, elderly person give money or recreation time for learning computer skills. Ways to administer reinforcement: tokens (receive something, that build up to reinforcement) Cons: can take a long time, what happens if there"s a tie, reinforcement may not be worth it, have to find tokens (need resources: continuous reinforcement schedule (reinforce every time person does the right thing) Cons: need a lot of rewards: lottery (have the chance of reward if you answer a question)
