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Types of Reinforcers
A reinforcer is a stimulus change that increases the future frequency of behavior that immediately precedes it. However something that is a reinforcer for you may not be a reinforcer for me. For example if my husband mows the lawn and I bring him a beer and then he mows the lawn more often we could say beer is a reinforcer for mowing the lawn for my husband. I do not like beer so if I were to mow the lawn and he brought me a beer I would not be more likely to mow the lawn in the future. Thus beer is not a reinforcer for me. When working with children who have autism keep this in mind. For example chips might be a great reinforcer for one person but not necessarily for another person. If behavior is not increasing in frequency or intensity you do not have a reinforcer.
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