FRHD 3150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lettercard, Reinforcement, Adventitiousness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Christopher Quinn

Document Summary

Behaviour therapy: treatment of neurotic symptoms by training the patient"s reactions to stimuli. Personalized system of instruction: small self-paced units of instructions where study guides direct learners through the modules. Behavioural medicine: combines medicine and psychology and is concerned with the integration of knowledge in the biological, behavioural, psychological and social sciences relevant to health and illness. Community psychology: concerned with person environment interactions and the ways society affects individual and community functioning. Discrete-trials training: method of teaching in simplified and structured steps. Instead of teaching an entire skill in one go, the skill is broken down and built-up using discrete trials that teach each step one at a time. Premack principle: states that behaviours with a higher level of intrinsic reinforcement can be used as rewards, or reinforcements for less preferred behaviours. Non-contingent: it"s not based on something else, reinforcer is presented freely i. e. a child eating their dinner before they can eat their dessert.