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Punishment
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- 1Positive punishment?Application of an aversive stimulus
Decrease behaviour of future stre - 2Negative Punishment-Removal of an appetitive stimulus
Decrease in the future stre of that response - 3Time-outLoss of access to positive reinfrocers following problem behavior
e.g. (child bein sent to room) - 4Response cost aka Omission trainingRemoval of reinforcer for retarded behaviour
The stimuls that is removed must decrease the frequency of the operant behaviour - 5More on Time out:?Loss of acess to positive reinforcers for a brief period of time after u do problematic things
- 6Can it be ineffecitive?Yes it can if where u sent them is more reinforcing. Also if they are too long can interfere
- 7Response costWhat u take away can be taken away on a scale
Easy to adjust
Aim is to learn to omit the problematic behavior - 8Similiarites of Punish vs ExBoth involve removal of reinforcers
Both result in decrease stre of beh - 9DifferencesEx - no longer does and behaviour stops
Neg punishment - performing the behav results in the loss of reinforcer that is already possessed - 10Intrinstic Punishemnt?The behaviour being performed is inherently punishing
e.g. less likely to left a heavy object if u been hurt b4 - 11ExtrinThe event that follows the behaviour is punishign
eg. given shit for doin something - 12Primary PunishmentInnate - physiological
e.g. pain , heat etc - 13Secondary con punishersSomething in the past that has been associated with other punishers
- 14Problems with Punishment1. Doesnt strengten the occurence of apporopriate behaviour
2. The person giving the punishment could only become a discrminitive stimulus
meaning the unwanted behaviour is supressed only when the person is there - 15Problems with the use of them?Might make u avoid the person
Can elicit a strong emotional repsone
Might teach the person that its an acceptable mean of controlling behavioir
Can induce punishment too often - 16What to do for punihsment to be effectiveImmediate
Intense to surpess the target behaviour
Consistently follow the occurence of unwanted behaviour (must be enjoyable) - 17How to enchanceNeg p > positive punishment
Provide an explaintion
Punishment of inappropriate behaviour should be combined with positive reinfrocement for approriate behaviour e.g. give them a present when they do good shit aswell as abuse em when they dont - 18Conditioned suprresion account of punishemntU arent weakening the behaviour u are just producing an emotional response that interfereces with the occurence of the behaviour
e.g. rat is shocked it becomes too frigthen to press the lever - 19Avoidance acocunt of punishemntPunihsment invovles this as people learn to get smarter when they are punished they become better liars , criminals etc.
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