PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Reinforcement, Tantrum
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Was established by skinner in laboratory research and over 40 years of human research. The functional definition of reinforcement has 3 parts: the occurrence of a behavior, results immediately in a consequence, the behavior is strengthened (more likely to occur again in the future in similar circumstances) Present: behavior is followed by a consequence. Future: behavior is more likely to occur. The effects of reinforcement on behavior: increase in frequency, increase in duration, increase in intensity, increase in quickness (decrease in latency) You get more of whatever behavior the reinforcer is contingent on. Behavior that is strengthened through the process of reinforcement - behavior that is controlled by its consequences. The consequence (stimulus or event) that follows operant behavior and strengthens operant behavior. Two types of reinforcement: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement. Both positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement strengthen behavior - they make the behavior more likely to occur in the future.
