PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning, Playtime
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Tommy is an 11-year-old boy with developmental disability and he was judged to be the most disruptive student by his teacher. He engaged in inappropriate talking and other vocalizations during class. Talking out: talking to the teacher or classmate without teacher"s permission; talking, singing or humming to oneself; make statements not related to class discussions. Phase 1 of the program: the behavior was recorded for 10 sessions. It was found that tommy averaged about one talk out every 9 mins. At the end of each session, the teacher told tommy whether he met the requirement but during the session he was never told about the talk out recorded. During phase 2 (15 sessions), tommy averaged about 1 talk out every 54 mins. He never exceeded the upper limit of the three per session. Differential reinforcement schedules or procedures are schedules that reinforce specific rates of responding; they may be used to reinforce high or low response rates.
