PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ice Cream Van, Nicotine, Reinforcement
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Chapter 5 increasing behaviour with conditioned reinforcement. Unconditioned reinforcers naturally/biological reinforcers that weren"t systematically learned or conditioned (e. g. water, food, sex, happiness) Conditioned/secondary/learned reinforcers reinforcers that weren"t originally reinforcing, but they become reinforcers b/c it was paired with other reinforcers (e. g. praise, favorite show, games, music) Back up reinforcers deliberately associating a stimulus with other conditioned reinforcers, so that the stimulus becomes a conditioned reinforcer. The other reinforcers are the backup reinforcers: e. g. training your dog to sit when you say sit while giving them a treat when they actually sit. Sit (the goal) = conditioned reinforcer; treat (unconditioned reinforcer) = backup reinforcer. To compliment = conditioned reinforcer; giving yourself points (conditioned reinforcer) = backup reinforcer: you use backup reinforcer while associating with a reinforcer already learned/or natural to reinforce a behaviour. With addictive drugs, conditioned reinforcers are the smell/taste of the substance or the sight of it. Tokens: conditioned reinforcers to be exchanged for backup reinforcers.
