PSYB45H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Therapy, Vocal Folds, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
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Differential reinforcement: use reinforcement and extinction to increase occurrence of a desirable target behavior or decrease occurrence of undesirable behavior. Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (dra): used to increase frequency of a desirable behavior and decrease frequency of undesirable behavior. The desirable behavior is reinforced each time it occurs, while undesired ones are not reinforced to decrease them. You need to want to increase the desirable behavior. The behavior needs to be already occurring occasionally. If not, use shaping or prompting to evoke it, and then use dra. You need to have a reinforcer that can be used each time the desirable behavior occurs. If you have no control on reinforcer/have no reinforcer, then you can"t use dra. It helps to determine whether treatment is successful: identify reinforcer. You must be able to determine it because they may vary across people. Reinforcer can be what reinforces the undesirable behavior.
