PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Stim, Compulsive Buying Disorder, Stimulus Control
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Antecedents cues that precede and set the occasion for a behaviour. Learn cues that tell us when and where to perform or not perform certain responses by linking the cues with the behv and its consequences. Behv happens in a context includes objects, o/ ppl, internal events (anything in the context that arouses behv is a stimulus) Overt antecedents: directly observable through our senses. Covert internal and not open to observation. Most common conseq of compulsive buying = neg reinforcements (gaining relief- escaping neg feeling of anxiety) Most antecedents present shortly before behv occurs immediate antecedents. Most are discrete events (have a start and a end, usually in short period of time: but can be continuing/ ongoing conditions too. Ex: elderly patients communicated more when environmental changes were made by rearranging furniture to sit around small tables and served meals in buffet style. Motivational affects the effectiveness of a consequence for a behv.
