Unconditioned reinforcer
A stimulus change that can increase the future frequency of behavior without any learning history or prior pairing with any other form of reinforcement.
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Task List Reference: B-8
Define and provide examples of unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized reinforcers and punishers.
Unconditioned punisher
A stimulus change that decreases the frequency of any behavior immediately preceding it regardless of the organism’s learning history with that stimulus.
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Generalized conditioned reinforcer (GCSR)
A type of conditioned reinforcer that has been paired with many unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers.
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Generalized conditioned punisher (GCSP)
A type of conditioned punisher that has been paired with many unconditioned and conditioned punishers. Hint: The thing about a frown is that it’s been paired with a lot of
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Conditioned reinforcer
A previously neutral stimulus that acquires the ability to function as a reinforcer through a stimulus-stimulus pairing with one or more unconditioned or conditioned reinforcers.
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Conditioned punisher
A previously neutral stimulus that now functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other punishing stimuli.
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