PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning
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Lect 3- operant extinction & shaping (operant conditioning) When a behaviour that was previously reinforced is no longer followed by reinforcement, the individual is less likely to engage in the behaviour again: operant extinction; learned voluntary beh that have been incr by reinforcement. Now, the learned beh is being taken away. Stopping the reinforcement of a behaviour will cause the behaviour to decrease in frequency. Similarities with respondent extinction, but important to distinguish the two: respondent extinction: decrease in a conditioned response due to a. Cs no longer being followed by a us operant extinction. Stop pairing bell will food; dog will stop salivating to bell. )n this course and the text, when we just say (cid:498)extinction(cid:499), we are referring to. )gnoring a child(cid:495)s whining leads them to eventually stop whining and to alter. Withholding any attention to a child(cid:495)s verbally aggressive behaviour helps to your friends stop (cid:498)liking(cid:499) them.
