PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Token Economy, Reinforcement, Market Economy
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Erin is rude to everyone, her friend carly told her to be nice for a change. After reading a self-management strategy, erin decides to put herself into a point system: meaning every time she says something nice she gets one point. She likes spending time on fb after work, but decided that according to her point system she will only allocated time according to the points she earned throughout the day. Unconditioned reinforces, which are stimuli that are reinforcing without prior learning or conditioning: also known as primary or unlearned reinforces. Examples include food for a hungry person, water for a thirsty person, warmth for someone who is cold, and sexual contact for someone who has been deprived of such contact. Conditioned reinforcers, are stimuli that were not originally reinforcing but have become reinforcers by being paired or associated with other reinforcers: also known as secondary or learned reinforcers.
