CMD 465- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 21 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Type i: aversive consequence immediatley after undesired behavior, e. g. verbal utterances, such as no , frowning, etc. Type ii: take away something desired immediately after unwanted behavior, 2 common types. Used frequently but at lower levels of continuum. Consequence occurs when positive reinforcer already earned is taken away for undesired behavior. Results in high rate of response initially. Used with new behaviors or changing difficulty level. Disadvantage: very susceptible to extinction: intermittent. Only some occurrences of correct responses are reinforced. Fixed ratio: specific number of correct responses occur before reinforcer delivered, every second response, every fourth response, etc, number stays the same throughout the task. Variable interval: clinician changes time periods vs. number of responses, after 1 minute, then 30 seconds, then 2 minutes, etc. In general: continuous reinforcement used to establish new target behavior, intermittent scheudles used later in treatment to promote maintenance and generalization, switch to lower density intermittent schedules when target response rate =
