Avoidance Ch 15
Avoidance Contingency Before: Sid will hear a loud tone in 3 sec Behavior: Sid straightens up After: Sid won’t hear a loud tone in 3 sec
Avoidance Contingency Before: Sid will hear a click immediately Behavior: Sid maintains an erect posture. After: Sid won’t hear a click immediately
Avoidance Contingency Before: You will have an accident soon Behavior: You drive carefully After: You won’t have an accident soon
Avoidance Contingency The immediate, response-contingent prevention of an aversive condition resulting in an increased frequency of that response
Avoidance Contingency Before: You will soon stumble and fall Behavior: You walk perfectly After: You won’t soon stumble and fall
Avoidance of an Aversive Event Example: overcorrection following training on eye contact… Try using reinforcers first Meet ethical standards
Avoidance of an Aversive Event Before: Jimmy will have to overcorrect in 2 sec Behavior: Jimmy looks at the instructor After: Jimmy won’t have to overcorrect in 2 sec
Avoidance of Loss Contingency The immediate, response-contingent prevention of loss of a reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response.
Avoidance of Time-Out Before: The child will soon have to leave the classroom for 3 minutes Behavior: The child works hard After: The child won’t soon have to leave the classroom for 3 minutes
Avoidance of Reprimands Reprimands are specific BE careful about the dead man… Interpretation of contingencies
Punishment???>>WRONG Before: Joyce receives no reprimands Behavior: Joyce goofs off After: Joyce receives a reprimand
Goofs off Large response class Does not pass dead man’s test
Avoidance Contingency Before: Joyce will soon receive a reprimand Behavior: Joyce studies After: Joyce won’t receive a reprimand soon
Escape vs. Avoidance Prevention vs. removal Avoidance: the response prevents an aversive condition from being received Escape: the response causes an aversive condition to be removed
Where does avoidance come from? What happens first?
Why is avoidance behavior resistant to change?
Avoidance following escape Before: Taste of hot sauce After: Reduce taste of hot sauce Behavior: Drink water, cough After: You will not have hot sauce soon Before: You will soon have hot sauce Behavior: “Please, no hot sauce” Avoidance
Cued Avoidance Contingency Before: Buzzer is on After: Buzzer is off Escape Behavior: Rat presses lever Before: Shock will come on in 3 sec After: Shock won’t come on in 3 sec Avoidance
learned aversive condition Establish a buzzer as a learned aversive condition buzzer shock No buzzer No shock
Buzzer The neutral buzzer becomes a warning stimulus through use of the pairing procedure The pairing procedure brings into play the value altering principle
Continuous Response Avoidance Before: Sid will hear a click immediately Behavior: Sid maintains correct posture After: Sid won’t hear a click immediately
Noncued Avoidance Before: Shock will come on in twenty seconds Behavior: Rat presses the lever After: Shock will not come on in twenty seconds
Avoidance of Loss Contingency Avoidance of Loss of a Reinforcer vs. Punishment by Removal of a Reinforcer Avoidance of Loss Contingency Penalty Involves the removal of a reinforcer Yes Removal is contingent on a specific response. No Keeping the reinforcer is contingent on a specific response. The frequency of the response of interest Increases Decreases
Avoidance of Loss Contingency Avoidance of Loss of a Reinforcer vs. Punishment by Removal of a Reinforcer Avoidance of Loss Contingency Penalty Involves the removal of a reinforcer Removal is contingent on a specific response. Keeping the reinforcer is contingent on a specific response. The frequency of the response of interest
Warning Stimulus vs. Discriminative Stimulus A stimulus that precedes an aversive condition and thus becomes a learned aversive stimulus Discriminative stimulus A stimulus in the presence of which a response will be reinforced
Escape Sdee Avoidance Extinction Sdelta Extinction Before (Warning stimulus) buzzer After Buzzer is off Escape Behavior Rat presses lever Sdee Light is on Before Shock will come on in 3 sec After Shock won’t come on in 3 sec Avoidance Extinction Before (Warning stimulus) buzzer After Buzzer is on Behavior Rat presses lever Sdelta Light is off Before Shock will come on in 3 sec After Shock will come on in 3 sec Extinction