EAB 3764 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Junk Food, Measure R, Adventitiousness
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General strategy: alteration of events prior to the occurrence of the target r to either (a) decrease the likelihood of the target r or (b) increase the likelihood of an appropriate r (alt r) Stimulus control manipulations (going through intersection when light is green) Eo (establishing operation) manipulations (if the reinforce wasn"t valuable) Response effort manipulations (schedule change, make reinforce harder to receive) Stimulus control manipulations: remove sd for inappropriate r. Move disruptive child"s seat away from distraction. Turn cell phone off: add s for inappropriate r. Put sign on fridge no junk food inside : add sd for appropriate r. Remove eo for inappropriate r: (non-contingent sr: r maintained by sr+: remove deprivation, r maintained by attention: deliver more attention, r maintained by sr-: remove aversive stimulation, r maintained by escape from difficult tasks: assign easier work. Create eo for appropriate r: r maintained by sr, r maintained by attention: