PSYB45H3 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Study Notes
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Defining punishment: punishment person engaged in a behaviour and the immediate consequence made it less likely that the person would repeat the behaviour in similar situations. behaviour is less likely to occur again in the future: punisher. consequence that makes a particular behaviour less likely to occur in the future. Juan teases his sisters and they start crying, his mother scold him and spanks him and he stops for that day, but then he continues to do the behaviour day after day. noit is only a punisher if it causes the behaviour to decrease in the future. may actually be reinforcing for the parents because child stops the behaviour temporarily, the parent continues spanking next time that happens. *you cannot define punishment by whether the consequence appears unfavourable or aversive. Common m isconception about punishment in behaviour modification punishment is: the consequence that decreases future occurrence of that behaviour lay people.
