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Operant Conditioning
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Changes in behavior are result of changes in the environment and reinforcement by significant others
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Assumption
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All beahviors can be elicited or eliminated through reinforcement
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Reinforcement
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Frequency of behavior is increased by positievley or negative reinforcing a beahvior
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Positive reinforcement-
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increase likelihood and freqency of a beahivor by preseting a positive reinforcer or reward upon occurance of a specified behavior
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example- allowance for doing chores
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Negative Reinforcement
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increase likelihood and freqency of beahvior by presenting a negative reinforcer or aversive event upon occurance of specified beahvior.
*Indivdiual will act in a way to avoid negative reinforcer |
ex// nag until teenager takes out the trash
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Punishment
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decrease behavior
*present unpleasant even following beahvior to decrease ocurance of that behaivor. Causes anger and resentment |
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Extinction
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remove someting to take away a behavior
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Reinforcement schedules
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Fixed ratio, fixed interval, variable ratio, variable interval
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Ratio
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specific number of behaviors
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Interval
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specific amount of time
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