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Business Notes On Reinforcer and Punishment
Business Notes On Reinforcer and Punishment
13/10/2019
reward that fulfils a biological need. Secondary reinforcers are learned and
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Primary reinforcers are tied to biological needs, while secondary reinforcers are
stimuli that acquire their power via an association with a biological need.
Primary reinforcers have to do with fulfilling a biological need. Things like food,
drink, shelter and pleasure are all examples of primary reinforcers. An example
certain behavior via association with a primary reinforcer. Let's say you’re
training your dog to sit. Every time you utter the command “sit” and he
responds by sitting down, you give him a treat as a reward and tell him “good
boy.” You are using the food as a primary reinforcer. With time and after many
repetitions, you give him less food but always follow up with the praise.
Occasionally, you may even skip the treat and leave the praise, and the dog will
still respond to the command. The praise “good dog” in this case became a
secondary reinforcer.
Most human reinforcers are secondary. These include money, good grades in
school, tokens, stars and stickers and praise. Money is a secondary reinforcer
in children. Parents and teachers give out praise, toys, stars and stickers to
Similarly, if a child has just had a big piece of cake, she is not going to practice
her violin in exchange for candy. She might do so in exchange for a star on her
chart (secondary reinforcer) that she can exchange for candy later. Secondary
a behavior. For example, your seatbelt system beeps every time you start your
car and keeps beeping until you fasten your seatbelt. When you fasten your
making it more likely that you will perform the desirable behavior (fastening
punishment are not the same thing. Remember, the goal of any kind of
when your son has been swearing and you make him do an extra chore (adding
example of a negative punishment is if your toddler has been hitting his friend
with a toy truck, and you take away the toy truck (removing a pleasant
punisher has to do with the subject's biological needs and well being: hunger,
Source
https://www.theclassroom.com/the-difference-between-primary-secondary-
reinforcers-12379905.html