PSYC 3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reinforcement, Hand Sanitizer, Physical Restraint
29 Mar 2016
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When a type of behavior (r) is followed immediately by a stimulus change that decreases the future frequency of similar responses . Punishment is often defined simply by its degree of unpleasantness: a strong reprimand delivered by a parent to a tantruming child would be considered, by most, to be a form of punishment. Punishment is not defined by the form it takes or the reaction it evokes. Punishment is defined by its effect upon the future occurrence of behavior. The definition of punishment can be broken down into three parts (miltenberger, 2001): a behavior occurs, a consequence (stimulus presented or withdrawn) follows the behavior, as a result, the likelihood of that behavior occurring the future is reduced. If the parent reprimands the tantruming child. But there is not a decrease in the future frequency of the behavior. Even if the behavior temporarily ceases after following the reprimand.
