PSY 01316 Lecture 3: Lecture 3- basic principles of behavior part 1
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Lecture 3- basic principles of behavior: part 1: the abc"s of opera(cid:374)t beha(cid:448)ior. A- antecedent (comes before/ aspect of environment) C- consequences (after behavior/ aspect of environment) Operant behavior- behavior which is modified by its consequences. Increase- r(response) sr+ (reinforcer: decrease-r(response) sp+ (punisher) Reinforcers are consequences of behavior that increase the probability of the occurrence of that behavior. (always reinforce the behavior, not the organism) Positive/ negative is not good or bad. Negative punishment sp: extinction- an operation no longer reinforcing a previously reinforced response, breaking the b. A process that decreases in the rate of responding as a result of discontinuing reinforcement. (dinosaurs are extinct(not behavior)) (returns to pre-reinforcement probability/rate)
