Reinforcement

Reinforcement

1. Positive Theories

   • Response deprivation theory
     • The behaviour becomes reinforcing when the organism is prevented from engaging in it at a normal frequency
   • Premack Principle
     • When high probability behaviour reinforces low probability behaviour
   • Hulls drive reduction theory
     • Animals and humans behave because of motivational states called drives

2. Negative Theories

   • Escape or aviodance from a stimulus
   • One process theory
     • Avoidance involves only one process (operant Learning)
       • Prevention of both the behvaiour and its consequence will stop unesssarry avoidance behaviour
   • Two process theory
     • Avoidance inlvoves both operant and classical
   • Sidman aviodance procedure