Child Psychology

Child Psychology

Secondary reinforcement

Secondary reinforcement can also recognize as conditioned reinforcement. Secondary reinforcement can be defined as a situation in which a stimulus reinforces the behaviour in operant conditioning and it has been associated with a primary reinforcer. The primary reinforcers occur naturally and do not need to be learned.

Examples of primary reinforcers include things that satisfy basic survival needs such as water, food, sleep, air and sex. Money is one example of secondary reinforcement. Money can be used to reinforce behaviours because it can be used to acquire primary reinforcers such as food, clothing, shelter and other such things. ...