PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Classical Conditioning, Hand Washing, Reinforcement
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What are ways to teach someone a new behaviour/overcome a behavioural deficit: guide them. Shaping (rewarding steps, penny and sheldon: use successive approximations (steps) No longer reinforce previous steps: describe behavioural goal (at the end what you want them to do, develop a tentative and flexible plan for steps (stop reinforcing at lower step, Identify starting response (normal voice not high pitch, where you want to start) shape success) (need to be flexible) Examples: tidier roommate: behavioural goal: roommate cleans up all of her dishes and her belonging everyday, picking up any dish or belonging at any time, steps. Praise/reward at any sign of behavioural target. Praise/reward at any sign of behavioural target when done within one day. Praise/reward when all dishes are cleaned in one day. Praise/reward when all dishes/ belongs are cleaned in one day. Shaping problem behaviours: receiving reinforcement for a behavioural excess and continuing to utilize that behavior.
