PSYB45H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stimulus Control, Applied Behavior Analysis, Reinforcement
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Natural reinforcers: happen as a normal part of every day events and are not planned or given systematically to affect behaviour. Automatic reinforcement: behaviour produces reinforcer directly without other people playing a role. Programmed reinforcer: provided within a program of reinforcement with goal of increasing or strengthening specific behaviours. Unconditioned reinforcer: function as reinforcer even when there is no learning involved (i. e. pain, hunger, thirst) Conditioned reinforcer: stimuli that did not have ability to strengthen behaviour until they became reinforcing as a result of learning. Clark hull proposed biological needs produce unpleasant internal drives (i. e. hunger) which are reduced by performing behavior that leads to an unconditioned reinforcer. Rats trained to run to water; those who received sugar-water ran 6 times faster than regular water. Electrodes placed in rat"s brain; would perform response at extremely high rates only when stimulated in a particular area o the brain (septal area)
