PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Behaviorism, Verbal Behavior, Seat Belt
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A conceptual or logical problem with the traditional view of motivation is that it involves circular reasoning. Motivating operation (mo): an event or operation that: temporarily alters the effectiveness of a reinforcer or punisher (a value-altering effect, influences behaviour that normally leads to that reinforcer or punisher (a behaviour- altering effect) Deprivation and satiation are mos: example: when we"re food deprived, food becomes a powerful reinforcer. Clara rebello: motivating abolishing operation (mao): an event or operation that temporarily decreases the effectiveness of a reinforcer or punisher and decreases the likelihood of behaviours that normally lead to that punisher. Example: when hungry, the behaviour of looking in the fridge is a learned behaviour. Conditioned motivating operations (cmos): mos that alter the effectiveness of consequences as reinforcers or punishers because of prior learning. There"s a difference between the concept of discriminative stimulus (s d) and the concept of.
