PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Reinforcement
6 Jul 2012
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Observation and recording of the target behavior are important you must record the problem behavior before and after the use of the extinction procedure to determine whether the behavior decreased with extinction. In functional assessment, you identify the antecedents and consequences of the problem behavior. The success of an extinction procedure depends on whether the particular reinforce maintaining the problem behavior has been identified. Extinction, by definition, involved eliminating the reinforce after each instance of the problem behavior. Extinction following positive reinforcement: when a behavior is positively reinforced, extinction means the person no longer gets the positive reinforce following the behavior. Extinction following negative reinforcement: when a behavior is negatively reinforced, extinction means the person no longer escapes from the aversive stimulus following the behavior escape extinction.
