PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Motivation, Frontal Lobe, Cognitive Map
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Positive reinforcement: increases behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers. Positive reinforcer: is any stimulus that, when presented after a response ,strengths the response. Negative reinforcement: increases behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response. Conditioned (secondary): gains power through association with primary reinforcer. Delayed: involves time delay between desired response of and delivery of reward. Four major drawback of physical punishment: punished behavior is suppressed, not forgotten. This temporary state may (negatively) reinforce parents; punishing behavior: punishment teaches discrimination among situations, punishment can teach fear, physical punishment may increase aggression by modeling aggression as a way to cope with problems. The threat of physical punishment is more effective than actual physical punishment. Albert was conditioned to be afraid of rabbit but also ended up afraid of anything with fur. The tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the cs. Operant conditioning organism"s response to similar stimuli is also reinforces.
