Yeah -- the old 'contingency trap': immediate (negative) reinforcement vs. delayed aversive consequences.
On Oct 24, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Leah Adams-Curtis wrote: > How about negative reinforcement for the mom’s behavior? > > Leah > > Leah Adams-Curtis > Director of Assessment > Knox College > 2 East South Street > Galesburg, IL 61401-4999 > 309-341-7260 > > > From: Michael Britt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:50 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Funny Example of Extinction > > > Miguel, > > I was thinking that the mother was trying her hardest not to respond to the > boy and so thus she was trying to extinguish his behavior of repeatedly > asking her questions while she was trying to rest. Obviously she fails so in > the end I guess you're right - she's reinforcing the boy's behavior of > repeatedly calling her name. How's that? > > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > On Oct 24, 2013, at 10:42 AM, MiguelRoig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Extinction?! Quite the contrary. In my mind this is a good example of > variable ratio/interval of reinforcement. > > Thanks for sharing. I admit to being a fan of this show. > > Miguel > > From: "Michael Britt" <[email protected]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:31:56 AM > Subject: [tips] Funny Example of Extinction > > This 30 second video - an excerpt from the TV cartoon "Family Guy" - is both > funny and a good example of the idea of extinction. It fails at the end of > the video, but I can see the video being used as fun way to > introduce/demonstrate the concept: > > http://youtu.be/aOLxQGLJouI > > Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=29065 or send a blank email to leave-29065-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
