Re: CORRECTION: differential reinforcement

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Thanks for this clarification.

It might be a minor point but " differentiation " is a more specific term

than " discrimination. " It seems to me that differentiation is a form of

discrimination where differentiation may be described as " the process of

discriminating the simple to the complex (or one to many) " and where

discriminating may be described as " the power to grasp the obscure. "

Although this thread (differential reinforcement) may seem academic, it

has practical application when an IEP is developed where " differentially

reinforcing " behavior (as described by ) is more of a method (not

allowed on IEPs - varying intensity of reinforcement) and " differential

reinforcement " is more of an outcome (allowed on IEPs - to achieve

differentiation).

Aimee

bugliarello@... wrote:

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> Hi,

> Just need to make a correction to my previous post regarding what I

> learned form Dr. ez at Florida Tech. (I realize that I

> made a typo error and do not want to misrepresent what I was taught

> from ). The correction is as follows: If differential reinforcement

> consists of reinforcing some responses and not reinforcing other

> responses , differential reinforcement leads to DIFFERENTIATION (as

> opposed to leading to " discrimination " which was the error that I

> typed).

> From Bugliarello MA.Ed

>