I’ve personally never heard of that. However, if escape is the reinforcer and you can allow it to happen non contingently (no asking, no hand raising, not dependent on anything) then i suppose it could be an example of it. 😊
Kendra - you deleted your other awesome question! And we just prepared a long response to you. LOL. So I'll include that here as well. NCR is separate from extinction - remember with NCR we are delivering the reinforcing stimulus that may be maintaining the problem behavior on a time based schedule. That by itself is INDEPENDENT of extinction. Meaning that if the problem behavior does occur then it may be reinforced (not saying you want to) - just that you are decreasing the value of that reinforcer by applying it at other times (motivating operation - abolishing operation specifically). However - in practice (I consulted with two BCBAs this morning) it is done in combination with extinction. Meaning you deliver the expected SR on a time schedule UNLESS the problem behavior has occurred within a given amount of time (30 seconds as an example). So it really is a two fold procedure - abolishing the value of an SR and putting the problem behavior on extinction. Does that help?
PsychCore Yes that helps A LOT!! I'm sorry for deleting my other comment - I thought it was too confusing lol. Thank you so much! You are helping me get through grad school :)
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My question is if I were to explain to someone how to execute an NCR step by step would it be right to say this Example: Mark will be provided access to escape every 5 minutes whether he has complied or not to a demand for 60 seconds. Escape will include the removal of demand and access to time to play with a toy (preferred reinforcer) during the 60s escape time. A timer will be set and escape will be denied despite Max engagement in the problem or compliance with the demand. I think I'm kind of confused about how to tell someone the steps to follow to properly execute an NCR schedule. Thank you for your response
That’s both an easy and a hard question. No - as in differential reinforcement you are reinforcing a certain response only. In NCR you are reinforcing anything BUT a particular response. Which in a sense makes it differential - so kinda yes. But the effect of NCR is more about motivating operations and reducing the value of the reinforcer - so no. Lol.
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Love these videos! Is NCR the same as NCE (E =escape)?
I’ve personally never heard of that. However, if escape is the reinforcer and you can allow it to happen non contingently (no asking, no hand raising, not dependent on anything) then i suppose it could be an example of it. 😊
Can you give an example of NCR with extinction, and NCR without extinction?
Kendra - you deleted your other awesome question! And we just prepared a long response to you. LOL. So I'll include that here as well.
NCR is separate from extinction - remember with NCR we are delivering the reinforcing stimulus that may be maintaining the problem behavior on a time based schedule. That by itself is INDEPENDENT of extinction. Meaning that if the problem behavior does occur then it may be reinforced (not saying you want to) - just that you are decreasing the value of that reinforcer by applying it at other times (motivating operation - abolishing operation specifically).
However - in practice (I consulted with two BCBAs this morning) it is done in combination with extinction. Meaning you deliver the expected SR on a time schedule UNLESS the problem behavior has occurred within a given amount of time (30 seconds as an example).
So it really is a two fold procedure - abolishing the value of an SR and putting the problem behavior on extinction.
Does that help?
PsychCore Yes that helps A LOT!! I'm sorry for deleting my other comment - I thought it was too confusing lol. Thank you so much! You are helping me get through grad school :)
I'm glad we got an answer that helps. No worries about the delete - was just teasing you! We love tough questions like these. In fact we may use this in a future video. :-) Can you please contact us via a facebook message?
My question is if I were to explain to someone how to execute an NCR step by step would it be right to say this Example: Mark will be provided access to escape every 5 minutes whether he has complied or not to a demand for 60 seconds. Escape will include the removal of demand and access to time to play with a toy (preferred reinforcer) during the 60s escape time. A timer will be set and escape will be denied despite Max engagement in the problem or compliance with the demand. I think I'm kind of confused about how to tell someone the steps to follow to properly execute an NCR schedule.
Thank you for your response
I think that is a good example - albeit complex. Escape is hard to explain in this example - but I (Ryan) think you got it.
Is this like Differential Reinforcement?
That’s both an easy and a hard question.
No - as in differential reinforcement you are reinforcing a certain response only. In NCR you are reinforcing anything BUT a particular response.
Which in a sense makes it differential - so kinda yes.
But the effect of NCR is more about motivating operations and reducing the value of the reinforcer - so no. Lol.
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@@PsychCore So are NCR kinda like DRO's then in a sense.
That is definitely one way to look at it - but is genuinely up for debate. DRO has a contingency piece that NCR does not.