BST2021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shaving Cream, List Of Fictional Medicines And Drugs, Token Economy
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Preference assessment to identify high-value reinforcers: determine a variety of reinforcers in order to avoid satiation, be attentive to the level of motivation that each reinforcer evokes. Latency and volume of manding for the reinforcer. Categories of reinforcers: edibles: food & drink, gum, tangible: toys, electronic devices, books, sensory: shaving cream, tickles, deep pressure hugs, social (attention): praise, high ves, activity: trampoline, pool, car rides, outings. Schedules of reinforcement: variable ratio, variable interval, fixed ratio (crf used to begin teaching new skills, fixed interval. Immediate delivery to create an association between the target behaviour and the reinforcer. Contingent on the target behaviour that is to be increased. Brief and frequent- thin the schedule of reinforcement to replicate the real-world schedule, systematically to avoid ratio strain. Paired- edible and tangible reinforcers should be simultaneously paired with social praise so that it can be faded to attention (stimulus-stimulus pairing)
