PSYC 4270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14, 16: Reinforcement, Situation Two
4 Jan 2017
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Chapter 14: establishing behaviour by escape and avoidance. Escape conditioning (or negative reinforcement) states that the removal of aversive stimuli immediately after the occurrence of a behaviour will increase that behaviour. Different from punishment in that punishment decreases the likelihood, whereas escape conditioning increases the likelihood of the behaviour. In escape conditioning, aversive s is present before an escape response, in punishment. Aversive s is present after the target behaviour. Avoidance conditioning: when a behaviour prevents an aversive stimulus from occurring; Involves a warning stimulus/conditioned aversive stimulus (discriminated avoidance conditioning) Chapter 16: transferring behaviour to new settings and making it. Generality: when the learner can do the new target behaviour on his own turf, perform similar behaviours, and keep doing it after we leave. Important to study generalization so we can continue at home or school, when modifier is not there, continue to fit new situations and continue in the long term.
