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Applications of Reinforcement

Explore the versatile applications of reinforcement token economies in educational, work, medical, and counseling settings. Discover how tokens as secondary reinforcers can enhance behavior in various environments.

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Applications of Reinforcement

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  1. Applications of Reinforcement

  2. Token Economies • Is designed to provide secondary reinforcers (tokens) for appropriate behavior. • Can also be removed for inappropriate behavior. • Is often used in group homes, educational settings, and institutional settings.

  3. Usually • Give tokens for appropriate behavior. • Remove tokens for inappropriate behavior.

  4. Tokens • Tokens can be anything • Stars • Coins • Cigarettes

  5. Educational Settings • Can use token economies for early grades to increase student performance • Stars • Can use VI pop quizzes to increase studying behavior for college students. • Especially, if the quizzes are worth a lot of points.

  6. Work Settings • Applications of reinforcement applications can increase work performance. • Bonuses for work completion. • Use of FR schedules. • Use of FI schedules can be ineffective in increasing behavior. • Delay is long between reinforcers (every two weeks) • Get post reinforcement pauses. • Poor work performance on Mondays after Friday paydays.

  7. Medical Settings • Use reinforcers to for weight reduction, food control for diabetes, etc. • Good job for flossing, • Insurance reductions for not smoking, weight control, etc can increase “healthy” behaviors.

  8. Counseling Settings • Use of reinforcement is mandatory in making behavioral changes. • Can be used in family counseling, child counseling, or individual counseling, etc.

  9. Domestic Companions (Pets) • Use shaping with reinforcement. • Can modify many types of behavior.

  10. Conclusion • Reinforcement applications can be used everywhere and generally with everything.

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