PSYB45H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 textbook notes
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Is followed by the addition of a stimulus (a reinforcer) or an increase in the intensity of a stimulus: which results of the strengthening behaviour y negative reinforcement, the occurance of a behaviour. time betweed the occurrence of a behaviour and the reinforcing consequence: contingency: If a response is consistently followed by an immediate consequence, that condequence is more likely to reinforce the response. When the response produces the consequence and then consequence does not occur unless the response occurs first, we say that a contingency exists between the response and the consequence. when a contingency existis, the condequence is more likely to reinforce the response: motivating operations: events that make a particular consequence more or less reinforcing at some times than other times. establishing operation: makes a reinforcer more potent (establishes the effectiveness of a reinforcer) y ex: deprivation.