Chapter 9 - Escape, Avoidance and Punishment Flashcards
What is the avoidance theory of punishment?
Punishment involving a type of avoidance conditioning in which the avoidance response consists of any behaviour other than the behaviour being punished.
What is the conditioned suppression theory of punishment?
The assumption that punishment does not weaken a behaviour, but instead produces an emotional response that interferes with the occurrence of that behaviour.
What is exposure and response prevention (ERP)?
A method of treating obsessive compulsive behaviour by forcing prolonged exposure to anxiety-arousing events while not engaging in the compulsive behaviour.
What does ERP stand for? (not talking about event-related potential)
Exposure and response prevention
What is extrinsic punishment?
Punishment that is not an inherent aspect of the behaviour being punished, but follows the behaviour.
What is a generalised punisher?
An event that has become punishing because of it’s past association with many other punishers.
What is intrinsic punishment?
Punishment that is an inherent aspect of the behaviour being punished. (the activity itself is punishing)
What is learned helplessness?
A reduction in learning ability that results from repeated exposure to uncontrollable aversive events.
What is the Premack principle of punishment?
A low probability behaviour (LPB) can be used to punish a high probability behaviour (HPB).
What is a primary punisher?
Any event that is innately punishing.
What is response cost?
A form of negative punishment involving the removal of a specific reinforcer following the occurrence of a behaviour.
What is a secondary punisher?
An event that has become punishing because of it’s past association with another punisher.
What is time-out?
A form of punishment involving the loss of access to positive reinforcers for a brief period of time.
What is the two process theory of avoidance?
The theory that avoidance behaviour is the result of two distinct processes: classical conditioning, (CS elicits a fear response) and operant conditioning (reduction of fear reinforces moves away from the aversive CS).
