PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Reinforcement, Stanley Milgram, Gamer

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Continued from last week"s lecture which we started with a small recap of what we learned before- Positive reinforcement or sr+ is to add something pleasant to the situation, e. g. giving the dog a treat every time it does its thing in the proper area and not on the rug. The adding of the treat is the sr+. The mind telling the body to take away the annoying stone is the sr-. Both sr+ and sr- is usually a good thing and they increase the potential re-occurring of behaviour. Now we move onto punishment which, depending on whether you"re the punisher or the punished, is a bad thing. Positive punishment- is to add something unpleasant to the situation. E. g. every time you get a wrong answer on a spelling b you get a free kick to the bum. The addition of the kick is the positive punishment. Negative punishment- is to remove something pleasant in the situation.