PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Seat Belt, Reinforcement, Moodle

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

Document Summary

Announcements: study tips for test 2 have been posted on moodle, undergraduate psychology association. Benefits include free tutoring: urpp dec. 23 to get credits for the fall term. Positive reinforcement is adding something to encourage a behavior and negative reinforcement is taking something away to encourage a behavior. Negative does not mean bad", it means something is being taken away. This will increase the probability of a response. Positive punishment: something unpleasant is added in order to stop a behavior from happening. A police officer gives you a speeding ticket to stop you from speeding in the future: a child swears so the parent puts soap put in his mouth so he will not swear again. Negative punishment: something pleasant is removed in order to stop a behavior from happening. Many researchers have found that punishment often does not help people to learn to behave in a more pro-social away.