Psych 206 Ch1 DB

Define and discuss positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. Give examples of two of these. Occasionally, people unknowingly reinforce undesirable behaviors. Give an example of this, discussing the consequences that resulted. Finally. discuss how one can avoid rewarding the wrong behaviors.


Links:

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/behsys/operant.html

http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch06/posneg.mhtml

http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Wasserman/Glossary/reinforcement.html

http://allpsych.com/psychology101/reinforcement.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement