PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Public Health, Circular Reasoning, Acronym
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Remember that the ultimate goal is to maintain the behaviour through natural reinforcement o. Antecedent control procedures: focusing on strategies that involve the manipulation of antecedent stimuli, to influence behaviour, antecedent control = stimuli that are in the behaviour prior to the behaviour happening to promote desirable behaviour. Rules: description of a three-term contingency of reinforcement antecedents-behaviour-consequences. Contingency-shaped versus rule-governed behaviour: contingency-shaped behaviour. Behaviour that has been strengthened (or weakened) because of its immediate consequences in a particular setting i. e. kid tells dirty joke to friends to get laughs. Behaviour that is controlled by the statement of a rule. Not based upon trial and error as much. When are rules especially helpful: when rapid behaviour change is desirable, when consequences are delayed. Rules can help bridge the time delay as a reminder that reinforcement/punishment will follow the behaviour: when natural reinforcers are highly intermittent.
