PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 25: Token Economy, Polskie Radio Program Iii, Absenteeism
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A behavioural program in which individuals can earn tokens for a variety of desirable behaviours and can exchange the earned tokens for backup reinforcers is called token economy. A system in which people purchase bus or subway tokens that they exchange for access to public transit is a somewhat simpler token economy. Although a token economy could be set up for an individual, the term token economies generally refers to token systems with groups. Using token reinforcers has 2 main advantages: They can be given immediately after a desirable behaviour occurs and cashed in at a later time for a backup reinforcer. The(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e used to (cid:862)(cid:271)(cid:396)idge(cid:863) lo(cid:374)g dela(cid:455)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the ta(cid:396)get (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se a(cid:374)d the backup reinforcer immediately after the behaviour. Tokens that are paired with many diff backup reinforcers are generalized conditioned reinforcers and therefore do not depend on a specific motivating operation for their strength.
