FRHD 3150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Reinforcement

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Unconditioned reinforcers: stimuli that are reinforcing without prior learning or conditioning (ex. food for a hungry person) Conditioned reinforcers: stimuli that were not originally reinforcing but have become reinforcers by being paired or associated with other reinforces (ex. Backup reinforcers: the other reinforcers are backup reinforcers when a stimulus becomes a conditioned reinforcer through deliberate association with other reinforcer (ex. Erin using a point system to earn time on the internet when she is nice to her friends- points are the conditioned reinforcer, time on internet is backup reinforcer) Tokens: conditioned reinforcers that can be accumulated and exchanged for backup reinforcers. Token economy/system: behaviour modi cation program in which individuals can earn tokens for speci c behaviours and can cash in their tokens for backup reinforcers. Conditioned punisher: stimulus paired with punishment becomes punishing itself (ex. Stop that are conditioned punishers as they are usually followed by punishment) Pitfalls of conditioned reinforcement: misapply the principles of conditioned reinforcement (ex.