Every class is different, and several types of reinforcers may be used to motivate different students. Before beginning any reinforcement system, it is a good idea to survey students to find out what they find motivating.
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Using reinforcers in the classroom can be helpful when teaching your students new behaviors, reinforcing desired behaviors as needed and keeping your students motivated throughout the year. The strategies discussed in this article should help you to develop a manageable system to use in your classroom.
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A primary reinforcer, also called an unconditioned reinforcer, is a stimulus that has innate reinforcing qualities. These kinds of reinforcers are not learned. Water, food, sleep, shelter, sex, touch, and pleasure are all examples of primary reinforcers: organisms do not lose their drive for these things.
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In addition to good instruction, reinforcement strategies — such as stickers or small prizes, social or sensory activities and special privileges — engage students in lessons, motivate learning and encourage success with tasks.
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Some primary reinforcers, such as drugs and alcohol, merely mimic the effects of other reinforcers. For most people, jumping into a cool lake on a very hot day would be reinforcing and the cool lake would be innately reinforcing—the water would cool the person off (a physical need), as well as provide pleasure.
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Transcript of Primary and Secondary Reinforcers and Punishers. PSYCHOLOGY Positive Punishment Primary & Secondary Reinforcers and Punishers Primary Reinforcers - satisfy biological needs. ex. food, drink, and light Primary Punishers - are naturally unpleasant. ex. pain, heat, cold Secondary Reinforcers - acquire their power (learned) ex.
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If you answered yes to any of these questions, it may be time to think about using some additional reinforcement strategies in your classroom. Of course, the best behavior management is good instruction. Good instruction, and a good instructional fit, are reinforcing in and of themselves.
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Differentiate among primary, secondary, conditioned, and unconditioned reinforcers. Reinforcement refers to any consequence that increases the likelihood of a particular behavioral response; punishment refers to a consequence that decreases the likelihood of this response.
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1 Reinforcers can be either primary (linked unconditionally to a behavior) or secondary (requiring deliberate or conditioned linkage to a specific behavior).  Primary—or unconditioned—reinforcers, such as water, food, sleep, shelter, sex, touch, and pleasure, have innate reinforcing qualities.
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Reinforcement and punishment are principles that are used in operant conditioning. Reinforcement means you are increasing a behavior: it is any consequence or outcome that increases the likelihood of a particular behavioral response (and that therefore reinforces the behavior).
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what are primary reinforcers
A primary reinforcer is a stimulus that has innate reinforcing qualities. Primary reinforcers is a stimulus that has innate reinforcing qualities.