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Positive Reinforcement - The Big Bang Theory

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Uploaded by on Oct 6, 2009

This is from The Big Bang Theory. This clip was meant to show positive reinforcement. All credit goes to them.

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  • My psychology teacher showed the class this and I died. This is amazing.

  • "Sex works even better than chocolate to modify behavior. I wonder if anyone else has stumbled onto that."

    Lol, only every woman ever.

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  • Jim parson is creping me out......

  • This is really negative reinforcement. NR is not the same as punishment. A negative reinforcer is an aversive or noxious stimulus, the removal of which is rewarding.

  • Okay does it matter whether it's negative or positive or whatever. Just enjoy the show and stop being picky.

  • @DoggyDogma YES! I teach this in my psych & early childhood ed courses. I start by saying, "You now have the responsibility to correct the other 99% of the population that is being taught wrong" (primarily through the media spoken by characters who should know better)!

  • @DontGiveMeSteve Hopefully the teacher pointed out the error in "negative reinforcement" being used as a synonym for "punishment." I teach psych and early childhood education and it is incredibly frustrating!!!

  • Lol omg I am sooo trying this on my sister

  • Classical conditioning will be more interesting

  • Operant conditioning :D

  • @20WvS11 I know that you are wrong. You can't add an electric shock to increase a behaviour - it would be to decrease the behaviour - the shock is removed once the desired behaviour is acheived this is the point of reinforcement. You seemed to have forgotten it is not about reinforcement but punishment as well - the Spraying of water is positive punishment (adding something to decrease a behaviour), the stopping of spray is negitive reinforcement.

  • @UndecidedFan you can't give something desirable to decrease a behaviour - he reinforces her being quiet (or her decision to be quiet). Spraying water is positive punishment (adding a consequence to decrease a behaviour). Negitive Reinforcement would be stopping the water once the desired behavour has been acheived.

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