PSYC 2330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Proprioception, Highway Patrol, Antiseptic
9 Nov 2017
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10 aversive control: avoidance and punishment avoidance conditioning increases the performance of a target behavior. Punishment decreases the target response in both cases, individuals learn to minimize their exposure to aversive stimulation. With punishment, increased safety is achieved by not doing something: so sometimes called passive avoidance, focused on practical and ethical considerations. Avoidance behavior experimental investigations of avoidance originated in studies of classical conditioning. If they lifted their finger in response to the cs, they did not get the shock. Avoidance trial if participant makes the response required for avoidance during. Cs (the signal) but before the us (shock) is scheduled, the cs is turned off and the us is omitted on that trial escape trial if the participant fails to make the required response during the cs- During early stages of training, most of the trials are escape trials, but as training progresses, avoidance trials come to predominate.
