2.10 Mediated Reinforcement Example #1
An example of mediated reinforcement is when you emit the vocal response “water” and someone then presents you with a glass of water, and this tends to increase or maintain your tendency to say “water” whenever water would currently be reinforcing. The key is that the reinforcement was provided by the actions of another individual.
Mediated Reinforcement
A stimulus change that has the following features:
It occurs after a response has been emitted
It increases the future probability of that response
It results from the action of another individual
Formal and dynamic features of the response
Formal and dynamic features of the controlling variable
Whether or not the current response is reinforced
The “meaning” of either the stimulus or the response
love this example. very clear
Not necessarily, I may say water, and it is just because the sink is overflowing, and I will say water again if I see a lake, a river, a glass with water, and for that no need for another person/individual. Or I could even asking “water” to see if what someone is drinking is water, not really needing someone to give me water.
Ops I was thinking about how language works, not how mediated reinforcement works
The example illustrates the definition of the term “Mediated Reinforcement.”
Verbal behavior is most likely to develop and be maintained when another person mediates access to the reinforcer.