CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -reinforcer: A stimulus or event that increases the probability that the response it follows will be repeated. superstitious behavior: In Skinner’s view, behavior acquired through coincidental association of a response and a reinforcement.

Detailed explanation-2: -A reinforcer is ANY stimulus that increases the frequency of a behavior. To be a reinforcer stimuli must immediately follow the response and must be perceived as contingent upon the response.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reinforcer: A stimulus event that strengthens the response it follows.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reinforcement is any event that strengthens or increases the behavior it follows. There are two kinds of reinforcers. In both of these cases of reinforcement, the behavior increases. Positive reinforcers are favorable events or outcomes that are presented after the behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Skinner used the term reinforcer to refer to any event that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behaviour, and the term punisher to refer to any event that weakens or decreases the likelihood of a behaviour.