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| stimulus removed contingent on a response which results in an increase in the future probability of that response. |
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| Sr- - the stimulus that is removed |
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| negative reinforcement examples |
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| turning off an alarm clock, answering a ringing phone, fastening seatbelt to stop buzzer in car |
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| drawbacks of negative reinforcement |
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people do not like having behavior changed this way
they don't like people who use negative reinforcement to change their behavior |
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| similarities between positive and negative reinforcement |
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| they both result in increasing future behavior due to a stimulus change |
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| factors influencing the effectiveness of neg reinf. |
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most effective when delivered immediately following the target behavior,
the magnitude of reinforcement is large
it is delivered consistently
reinforcement is unavailable for competing responses |
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