PSYCO282 Chapter : Psych 282 behaviour modificationReinforcement.docx

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO282
• Professor: Karsten Loepelmann

Document Summary

Example are: food, water, absence of pain: unconditional (or secondary) reinforcer: previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned reinforcer. e. g. , animal clicker training: animals are reinforced with food which is paired with a click sound; eventually the sound becomes reinforcing on its own( occasional you just need to pair them so it can be reinforced again. Reinforcement may affect things (duration, intensity, latency) other than just the rate of the behavior: concurrent schedule of reinforcement: the entire schedule of reinforcement that are in effect for a person"s behavior at one time, concurrent operant: different behavior or response options are concurrently available for the person. (i. e. you have option to work for an hour with different people, response effort: how much energy is required, more frequent reinforcement, a greater magnitude of reinforcement, more immediate reinforcement, or less response effort.