PSYC 1010 Midterm: Test 2 Review- Chapters 3, 5, 6, and 16

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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Is when a response that occurs in the presence of a particular stimulus is reinforced, it will likely also occur in the presence of other similar stimuli: stimulus- dad, response- baby smiles, consequence- dad pays attention. Intermittent, or partial, reinforcement schedules- occurs when a designated response is reinforced only some of the time: leads to more persistent behaviour compared to continuous reinforcement, ratio schedules- reinforcer depends upon the number of times a response occurs. variable ratio (vr)- reinforcer is given for an average number of responses emitted y vr10- on average, every 10 people y no post-reinforcement pause: interval schedules- reinforcement is dependent upon time. If you punish an unwanted behaviour, you should provide an acceptable alternative and reinforce it y how to make punishment more effective: apply punishment swiftly. a delay in delivering punishment tends to undermine its impact: use punishment just severe enough to be effective.