PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: David Premack, Developmental Disability, Motivation
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Chapter 3- getting behaviour to occur more often with positive reinforcement: reinforcing darren"s behaviour. 6 year old boy, very un-cooperative with parents, commanding. Parents took him to gatzert child developmental clinic at university of. Told mother to spend time with him the in the clinic"s playroom. Darren showed very low rate of cooperative behaviour. Showed very high rate of commanding behaviour. Mother told to ignore commanding behaviour while be supportive towards cooperative behaviour. Commanding behaviour of darren decreased to near zero. Factors influencing the effectiveness of positive reinforcement: selecting the behavior to be increased, behaviour must be identified specifically, general behavior (e. g. - being more friendly), then identify specific behavior (e. g. smiling) by characterizing the category, by being specific: Help ensure the reliability of detecting instances of the behavior and changes in the frequency which can help in judging the reinforcers effectiveness.
