PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Handstand, Reinforcement
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Carrot rewards nudge users toward healthy, wealthy habits promotes positive behaviours with low e ort and gives rewards in the form of scene points or air miles. Basic principles for decreasing operant behaviours there are di erent possible principles and practices but extinction is one of them. When a behaviour that was previously reinforced is no longer followed by reinforcement, the individual is less likely to engage in the behaviour again. Stopping the reinforcement of a behaviour will cause the behaviour to decrease in frequency. : you stop trying to use sink in 3rd oor bathroom that has been broken for a couple of days. Extinction is most e ective when it"s paired with positive reinforcement of an alternative behaviour; e. g. ignoring whining or yelling and praising the use of polite tone. ; good setting is a place where you have some control and not lots of other people around.