PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Biofeedback, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
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Measurement of that behaviour should show latency or increased frequency, duration or magnitude. Natural reinforcers happen spontaneously as a normal part of everyday events and are not planned and given systematically to affect a behaviour, even though they do. Telling a joke is reinforced by the enjoyment of other people, a sequence of movements such as writing a word, and eating food is reinforced by its good taste and hunger. A certain type of this is automatic reinforcement, in which a behaviour produces a reinforce directly, without other people playing a role (ex. Programmed reinforcers are provided within a program of reinforcement with the goal to increase or strengthen specific behaviours (ex. A behaviour is followed by a consequence, and the sequence can take either positive or negative way. Positive reinforcement involves presenting or adding a stimulus, called a positive reinforcer, after the individual has performed the response. When the negative pattern occurs, a stimulus is subtracted, ex.
