PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Operant Conditioning, Tantrum
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Lecture 5: operant conditioning: natural reinforcer = unconditioned = something that felt reinforcing to begin with and follows naturally from the behaviour, without needing anything to be programmed and put in their artificially. Can happen without anyone else being involved, no one has to give you something to deliberately reinforce it. Ex. feeling good when you"re full, when you kiss, etc: as opposed to someone giving you a dollar for doing something for example. Types of positive reinforcers: tangible, money, makeup, consumable, food, drinks, activity, yoga, exercise, hobbies you enjoy, social, smiles, feedback, praise, compliments. Types of negative reinforcers: escaping something, bad thing is already being experienced, and you escape from it, avoiding something, bad thing has not happened yet, and you avoid it before it does. Self-harm: someone feels so much in emotional distress that self-harm negatively reinforces because it serves as an escape behaviour. It can make you feel numb, in a trance,
