PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Reinforcement, Late Fee, Intellectual Disability
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->eg sometimes scolding can instead reinforce the behaviour they"re trying to decrease. > if reinforcement brian gets from making noise is stronger then punishment being applied. Natural & programmed punishment natural punishers-consequences tht decrease a behaviour, happen spontaneously as normal part of everyday life & are not planned; given systematically to affect the behaviour examples of natural punishers & their effects: ->friend scolds you for saying something tht"s offensive; in future you refrain from saying similar things. ->u hurt ur leg in a fall due to a ladder that you positioned in wobbly manner; in future you steady ladders and climb carefully programmed punishers- consequences tht are planned & used systematically with goal of decreasing behaviour. ->e. g. using lemon-juice therapy (squirting in infant"s mouth every time she twisted her tongue around tht caused vomiting after feeding aka rumination) to decrease infant"s rumination. Positive & negative punishment positive punishment- an aversive stimulus or condition is added as consequence of behaviour.
