PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Tantrum, Stopwatch, Reinforcement
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Chapter 12: differential reinforcement procedure to decrease behavior. Decreasing operant behavior: differential reinforcement schedule or procedure are schedules that reinforce specific rates of responding. Note that a target response before the interval has passed causes the timing of the interval to start over again: this procedure is called a spaced-responding drl 1-response/15-minute schedule. This type of schedule requires that responses be emitted for reinforcement to occur. Another example is reinforcement of slow speech in a student who speaks too rapidly (pg 115) If an undesirable behavior occurs often and for long intervals, beginning with a dro of short duration would be wise: for example: dro 5 mins might be used to eliminate tantrum behavior. This procedure could be carried out by resetting a stopwatch to zero each time a ta(cid:374)t(cid:396)u(cid:373) o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)ed a(cid:374)d allo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g it to (cid:862)ti(cid:272)k off(cid:863) se(cid:272)o(cid:374)ds (cid:449)he(cid:374) the tantrum stopped. Reinforcement would occur when a continuous 5 minutes had elapsed with no tantrumming.
