PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Intellectual Disability, Starting Pistol, Chopsticks
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Chapter 7: getting a new behaviour to occur with shaping ( expected too much too soon ) Identify response that could be used as starting point establish behaviour that has frequency of more than zero and at least resembles final target behaviour: reinforce the starting behaviour, then reinforce closer and closer approximations. Shaping development of a new operant behaviour by the reinforcement of successive approximations of that behaviour and extinction of earlier approximations until new behaviour occurs; involves positive reinforcement and extinction; aka method of successive approximations. From mama to mommy , learning to ice skate w/ longer strides, proper finger movements for eating with chopsticks, extent of follow through on a tennis serve. Increasing number of steps, increase time between bathroom visits. In race, time between firing of starting pistol and runner leaving. Number of instances that occur in given period. Force of punch in boxing, farmer boy"s pressing on pump, shake hands with firmer grip.
