| Alyosha |
Saturday, March 03, 2012 02:39 PM |
The concept was first proposed by Clark Leonard Hull. It basically refers to the [U]role of primary and secondary reinforcement in shaping behavior[/U]. Primary reinforcers are also called unlearned reinforcers like food water etc. they reduce a bodily drive. Whereas secondary reinforcers are learned reinforcers, such as praise, which only acquire reinforcing properties after being associated with primary reinforcers, for e.g. a child's response is initially reinforced with candy and praising the child, with the association of candy and praise over time, praise acquires a reinforcement quality of its own, hence it is termed as a secondary reinforcer.
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