PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Tantrum, Reinforcement, Intellectual Disability
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It is natural reaction to termination of reinforcement. If behavior is positive reinforced, consequence is applied or added after behavior. that was previously delivered after behavior. Common misconception about extinction: although extinction is procedurally different depending on type of reinforcement for behavior, outcome is always same (cid:0) behavior stops, common misconception, using extinction simply means ignoring behavior. Ignoring problem behavior functions as extinction only if attention is reinforcer. Factors that influence extinction: 2 factors influence extinction process, reinforcement schedule before extinction, occurrence of reinforcement after extinction. In continuous reinforcement, every occurrence of a behavior is followed by reinforcer. Intermittent reinforcent before extinction produces resistance to extinction: continuous reinforcement before extinction produces much less resistance to extinction, second factor that influence extinction is occurrence of reinforcement after extinction. If reinforcement occurs in course of extinction, takes longer for behavior to decrease: because reinforcement of behavior, once extinction has been started, amounts to intermittent reinforcement, which makes behavior more resistant to extinction.
