PSYB45H3 : PSYB45 Notes Chap 6.docx
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If the parents withhold their attention when he interrupts, this is extinction. If the parents take away some allowance money each time he interrupts, this is negative punishment y 2 examples of negative punishment are time-out from positive reinforcement and. Response cost : in a time-out, the person is removed from a reinforcing situation after the problem behaviour occurs. This provides loss of access to attention (social reinforcement) y unconditioned punishers: painful stimuli or extreme levels of stimulation that have biological importance. Humans have developed the capacity for their behaviour to be punished by these naturally aversive events without any prior training/experience. If punishment is applied inconsistently, this means that sometimes the behaviour results in punishment and sometimes reinforcement. In other words, there is a concurrent schedule that includes intermittent punishment and intermittent reinforcement- resulting in diminished punishment effects: establishing operations: an event or condition can make the consequence more effective as a punisher.
