PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Cost Contingency, Reinforcement
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Punishment there is an occurance of a behaviour, followed by a consequence and after the consequence, behaviour is less likely to occur in the future know it is a punishment. Positive punishment follow a given behaviour (maybe maladaptive) an aversive stimulus is followed ex. A child screaming and a parent spanking them. Need to establish that the stimulus had that effect and nothing else was causing that. Negative punishment maladaptive behaviour, stimulus or reinforcer is removed ex. Punishment stimulus that follows a behaviour that results in the decrease in the future probability of that behaviour. When a punisher is delivered, behaviour is less likely to occur in the future > positive punishment. When a punisher is removed following the behaviour, behaviour is likely to (occur/decrease) in future -> negative reinforcement. When a reinforcer is delivered following a behaviour, behaviour is less likely to occur -> positive reinforcement.
