PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
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Positively punishing= adding something aversive to decrease the behavior. Negatively punish= you remove/get rid of sth desirable to decrease the behavior. Refuse to talk to bf if he forgot the v-day. Types of reinforcers: natural vs. programmed. Programmed reinforcer: sth extra comes to you, not naturally. Brush teeth and you get a dollar: unconditioned vs. Unconditioned: you never have to learn it, you naturally know how to do it. Conditioned: things you have to learn over time, so that they were reinforcing. Social ~er: in a social interaction: praise. Feedback ~: ppl gives you comments about what you"re wearing, doing. Escape: bad thing is already happening, trying to do sth to get it to stop. Eg. control ppl cutting themselves negative reinforce. Avoidance: you"re avoiding bad things from happening in the first place. Kids lie to parents try to avoid getting punishment for doing sth wrong. Types of punishment: natural vs. programmed, unconditioned vs.
