PSYCO282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Stopwatch, Reinforcement, Flight Controller

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

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Is the behavior already occurring at least occasionally: do you have access to a reinforcer that you can deliver after the occurrence of the behavior, dra is a procedure for strengthening a desirable behavior. The desirable behavior must (cid:271)e o(cid:272)(cid:272)urri(cid:374)g at least o(cid:272)(cid:272)asio(cid:374)ally if you are to rei(cid:374)for(cid:272)e it. If it"s (cid:374)ot o(cid:272)(cid:272)urri(cid:374)g at all, dra is not appropriate. Define the desirable behavior: a clear behavioral definition of the desirable behavior helps ensure that you are reinforcing the correct behavior and allows you to record the behavior to determine whether treatment is successful. How do they spend their free time: try out a variety of different stimuli and see which ones the person prefers. This approach (preference assessment) procedure, can be conducted in at least 3 different ways: single stimulus assessment, paired stimulus assessment, and multiple stimulus assessment. This stimulus is then removed from the array and the researcher records which stimulus the individual chooses next.