CRCJ 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Reinforcement, Equity Theory, Conscientiousness

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: all

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Use reinforcement if you want to increase the probability that a behaviour will reoccur. In the workplace, this is desirable behaviour that you want to reinforce: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement. Use punishment or extinction if you want to decrease the probability that a behaviour will reoccur. The addition of a pleasant stimulus that increases or maintains the probability of some behaviour. The removal an unpleasant stimulus to increase or maintain the probability of some desired behaviour. A professor has a policy of exempting student from the final exam if they maintain perfect attendance during the semester. Listening to a telecommuter in training take away the listening. If we want to decrease the probability that a behaviour will reoccur. Punishment: the application of an aversive (unpleasant) stimulus following some behaviour designed to decrease the probability of that undesirable behaviour, e. g lose 5% of grade for each time you are late or miss an in-class case.