Primary and Secondary Reinforcers
List five preferred items or activities that you enjoy.
Categorize these five items or activities into primary or secondary reinforcers.
Explain why each is an example of a primary reinforcer or a secondary reinforcer. What primary reinforcers are the secondary reinforcers (if any) likely paired with?
Speculate how they may have come to be secondary reinforcers (if any are secondary reinforcers). What were the primary reinforcers with which they may have been paired?
SOURCE:
Read or review the following:
Miltenberger, R. G. (2016). Behavior modification: Principles and procedures (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Pages 301–302 in Chapter 15, “Differential Reinforcement.”
Pages 113–114 in Chapter 6, “Punishment.”
Pages 73–76 in Chapter 4, “Reinforcement.
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
Pages 263–271 in Chapter 11, “Positive Reinforcement.”
Pages 38–39 in Chapter 2, “Basic Concepts and Principles.”
Pages 329 and 330 in Chapter 14, “Positive Punishment.”
Carr, J. E., Nicolson, A. C., & Higbee, T. S. (2000). Evaluation of a brief multiple-stimulus preference assessment in a naturalistic context. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33(3), 353–357.
