PSYB45H3 Lecture : Ch 15 notes
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Differential reinforcement procedures which involve applying reinforcement and extinction to increase the occurrence of a desirable target behvavior or to decrease the occurrence of undesirable behaviors. Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior it is a behavioral procedure used to increase the frequency of a desirable behavior and to decrease the frequency of undesirable behaviors. Dra involves combining reinforcement for a desirable behavior and extinction of undesirable behaviors. Dra is an effective way to increase a desirable behavior because, by decreasing an interfering behavior through extinction, it creates an opportunity for the desirable behavior to occur and be reinforced. Dra is a procedure for strengthening a desirable behavior. However the desirable behavior must be occurring at least occasionally. As shaping or prompting are used initially to evoke the behavior, dra may then be used to streghten and maintain the behavior. Must be able to identify a reinforce that you can use each time.
