Increasing & Decreasing Behaviors 1. Increasing Behaviors 2.
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Positive Reinforcers
□Add something to the environment
□Performer works to get it again•Primary/Secondary•Natural/Created
•Social•Tangible
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Negative Reinforcers
□Behavior increases to terminate an aversive event or to reduce intensity of an aversive event
□Something is subtracted from the environment
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How Schedules Shape Behavior
□Which schedule best initiates behavior?□Which schedule best sustains behavior?
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How Schedules Shape Behavior
□Which schedule best initiates behavior?□Which schedule best sustains behavior?□Which schedule best stops behavior?
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Punishers
□Any consequence that follows a behavior that causes a reduction in the frequency of that behavior.
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What are the Negative Side Effects of Punishment?
□Escape & avoidance behaviors created
□Desired as well as undesired performance decreases
□Does not increase performance□Increases aggression□Mistakes -> problems□Consequences removed ->
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