PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adaptive Learning, Corporal Punishment, Reinforcement
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Conditioned (secondary): gains power through association with primary reinforcer. Conditioned, becomes reinforcer by a primary reinforcer. Delayed: involves time delay between desired response of and delivery of. Includes pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced. Continuous reinforcement schedule: continuous - every time they press the lever they get a food pellet. Includes schedule reinforcing a response only part of the time o: results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement, example: family guy. Gambling is on a partial reinforcement schedule. Might win and might not win: four reinforcement schedules. Fixed ratio - every 4 lever presses you get a food pellet. Variable ratio - every 4 then 2 then 7 then 1 you get a food pellet. Punishment: administers an undesirable consequences or withdraws something desirable in an attempt to decrease the frequency of a behavior (a child"s disobedience)
