Acme Smoked Fish is the countyâs largest producer and distributor of smoked salmon, whitefish, herring, and other salty, fishy delicacies. If youâre getting lox on a bagel with cream cheese in the U.S., thereâs a good chance it came from Acme.
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.
If a behavior never occurs, we say that it is not in the person s repertoire. Shaping is a way of adding behaviors to a person s repertoire. Shaping is used when the target behavior does not yet exist.In shaping, what is reinforced is some approximation of the target behavior.HAINING DEFINED: The new behavior you want to build may be a series or chain of behaviors. A behavior chain is a series of related behaviors, each of which provides the cue for the next and the last that produces a reinforcer.