PSYB45H3 Chapter 9: Behaviour Modficiation - Chapter 9 Book Notes
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occurs when one particular behavior is reinforced and all other behaviors are not reinforced in a particular situation. thus, the behavior that is reinforced increases and the behaviors that are not reinforced decrease through extinction. How do dolphins perform tricks: trainers can shape complex behaviors by starting with natural behaviors that occur often, trainers make the clicking sound each time, they dolphin receive a fish to eat as a reinforce. Since the clicking sound is paired with this unconditioned reinforcer, it becomes a conditioned reinforcer: timing is very important. Shaping can be used in the following ways: generating a novel behavior. Ex- language in a young child, lever-pressing in rats, and tricks from the dolphin: reinstating a previously exhibited behavior. Ex - walking independently after a high replacement surgery: changing some dimension of an existing behavior. Ex - increasing the time between bathroom visits, so that daily bathroom visits decreases.
