Reinforcement

acts. Behavior can be reinforced or reduced. Reinforcement is used to ensure that favorable behaviors are encouraged and unfavorable behaviors are reduced, when done correctly. There are many procedures that can be used to ensure that unfavorable behaviors do not continue. One procedure that is used and is successful would be extinction. Extinction is defined as a process of reinforcing a behavior for a period of time before stopping the reinforcement all together in hopes of reducing the…

behavior. Skinner theory focused on Positive Reinforcement, Negative reinforcement, and punishment. The major concepts of Skinner’s operant Conditioning including certain things to ensure his theory were accurate. Skinner used a hungry rat, A lever that dispenses food when it was tampered with, an electric current, and a light. Positive reinforcement strengthens a behavior by providing a consequence individual finds rewarding. During Positive Reinforcement Skinner discovered that placing a…

receive food. This type of stimulus is referred to as a discriminative stimulus because it must be met before a response will lead to a particular outcome. According to Michael (1980) “a reinforcement frequency may be the same in the presence as in the absence of the stimulus, but in its presence that reinforcement may be of greater quantity, better quality, shorter delay, or may require less effort to obtain than in its absence” (p.47). This suggests that a discriminative stimulus may not have…

system based on rewards and punishments. In devising a weight loss program for my roommate based on the principle of operant conditioning, I will create a program that focuses on reinforcing healthy eating and exercise habits. By doing this, the reinforcement will increase the probability that my roommate will repeat the desired healthy behaviors. Over the course of one-month, by modifying his eating and exercise behavior, my roommate will certainly see weight loss results that will help him…

Reinforcements are something that happens to a behavior that causes the behavior to strengthen or increase so that is will continue to happen. A punishment on the other hand something that stands in the way of the behavior that causes it to decrease in behavior if it follows it. Upon watching the roommate for the first week we saw that he enjoyed going out with friends, and he enjoyed spending hours playing videos games. These will be used in our positive reinforcements. When he achieves…

Using a three-term contingency, an example of this negative reinforcement would be illustrated as such: Teenager forgets an assignment and is concerned of the consequences (SD). The avoidant behavior is, teen lies to teacher and the teacher gives an extension. The consequences is that every time the student forgets an…

and O'Donohue and Fisher (2009), the most effective treatment approach for this is habit reversal training. As a treatment, habit reversal training consists of three main components, which are awareness training, competing response training, and reinforcement. Additionally, a forth component, relaxation training, is also important for the client to use when he is anxious in order to prevent the behavior. However, it is not always considered a major component of habit reversal training (O'Donohue…

1.2: Different observation methods Running records (or Descriptive Narrative Record)- A detailed account of behavior recorded in a persistent manner as it happens; Not restricted to a specific incident like it would in an anecdotal record; The observer records everything seen or maybe even heard. Anecdotal records A…

I learned that when you conduct dog training exercises, it is absolutely essential that you do so by the use of positive reinforcement. 2. It was made evident to me that most of the unsuccessful dog training exercises occur as a natural result of individuals using negative reinforcement. I found out that most training problems occur as a result of these problems. 3. I was introduced to effective strategies for ensuring that my pet heard and listened…

The five things that can create positive energy in the workplace or with friends are using positive reinforcement, giving recognition, showing courtesy, actively listening and saying thank you. Positive reinforcement can create positive energy because this should improve your relationship with the person you gave this reinforcement to and they should continue that behavior because they were rewarded. Giving recognition shows that you appreciate what this person does and should make that person…