However, the castle in his Dracula is best depicted by Bran Castle, which leads people to believe that theyâre one in the same. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Grigory Gusev. Similarly, his infamous character is believed to have been modeled after the actual prince of Wallachia, Vlad III (or Vlad Tepes in Romania).
Photo by: Gabi Moisa. Reinforcement theory is the process of shaping behavior by controlling the consequences of the behavior. In reinforcement theory a combination of rewards and/or punishments is used to reinforce desired behavior or extinguish unwanted behavior. Any behavior that elicits a consequence is called operant behavior, because the individual operates on his or her environment. Reinforcement theory concentrates on the relationship between the operant behavior and the associated consequences, and is sometimes referred to as operant conditioning.
The removal of an unpleasant reinforcer can also strengthen behavior. This is known as negative reinforcement because it is the removal of an adverse stimulus which is ârewardingâ to the animal or person. Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior because it stops or removes an unpleasant experience.perant Conditioning deals with operants-intentional actions that have an effect on the surrounding environment. Skinner set out to identify the processes which made certain operant behaviours more or less likely to occur. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning was based on the work of Thorndike (1905).