PSYC 100g Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Token Economy, Normative Social Influence, Apple Sauce
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Helen talks about men chasing her and an illegitimate child. Some of the most powerful learned reinforcers are social reinforcers. Even negative attention is more reinforcing than no attention. One of the best ways to get attention in an institution is to act bizarre. Decision to ignore helen when she"s talking in a delusional way, but pay a lot of attention to her when she acts normal. Bootleg reinforcement (unauthorized not part of the intervention) Unlearned reinforcer a stimulus that is a reinforcer, though not as a result of pairing with another reinforcer. Pairing procedure the pairing of a neutral stimulus with a reinforcer or aversive stimulus: it"s not clear how immediate the pairing should be, result of pairing procedure is value-altering principle. Value-altering principle the pairing procedure converts a neutral stimulus into a learned reinforcer or learned aversive stimulus. Often children with serious deficits in learned behaviors have not learned to value attention or approval.
