PSYCH 1100 Lecture 30: Lecture 30

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Brian Siefke

Document Summary

Reinforcers increase the likelihood of behavior that led to the stimulus or event that led to it o. Reinforcer- any stimulus or event that increases the likelihood of the behavior that led to it. Primary and secondary reinforcement and punishment o o. Secondary reinforcers- derive their effectiveness from their association with primary reinforcers (ex. The over justification effect- predicts that sometimes too much external reinforcement for performing an intrinsically rewarding task can undermine future performance. The basic principles of operant conditioning: discrimination, generalization, and importance of context. Stimulus control- a particular response only occurs when the appropriate discriminative stimulus is present. Discriminative stimulus- a stimulus that is associated with reinforcement for a particular behavior in a particular situation o o. Extinction- reinforcer is no longer presented following the learned behavior. Intermittent reinforcement- only some of the responses made are followed by reinforcement. Fixed interval schedule- reinforcers are presented at fixed time period, provided that the appropriate response is made.