PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Reinforcement, Intellectual Disability, Social Environment
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Definition: reinforcement is the process in which a behaviour is strengthened by the immediate consequence that reliably follows its occurrence. Physical environment is way more predictable flicking light on and off has an expected result. Social environment is not predictable asking someone else to flick the light on and off might have different results. Every situation, experiment, study can be broken down into this. If you can"t, you"re not studying an observable behaviour. Heads up: the terms reinforcement and positive reinforcement are often used interchangeably. Operant behaviors are those that operate on the environment to generate consequences, and are in turn influenced by those consequences. Reinforcers are those consequences that strengthen an operant behaviour this will vary from person to person. Not everyone will respond to the same stimulus. Example 1: in this example, reinforcement is used with 6-year-old child to reduce her uncooperative behaviour.
