Slides for Chapter 7

Chapter Seven / Four Contingencies / Reinforcers and Punishers

Positive and Negative / Avoidance/Escape / Shuttle Box

Avoidance Paradox / Two-Factor Theory / Two-Factor Theory

Support for Two-Factor Theory / Problems with Two-Factor Theory / Extinction in Avoidance Behaviour

One-Factor Theory / Sidman Avoidance Task / Herrnstein & Hineline

One-Factor Theory and Avoidance Extinction / Cognitive Theory / Flooding

Explanations of Flooding / Flooding as Behaviour Therapy / Learned Helplessness

Situation / Maier & Seligman (1976) / Learned Helplessness in Humans

Three Dimensions / Therapy / Other Effects of Uncontrollable Shock

Predictability of Shock / Punishment / Is Punishment the Opposite of Reinforcement?

Factors in Punishment / Disadvantages of Using Punishment / Negative Punishment


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