Noncontingent Reinforcement

[@codeagent47]

Thank you! You're awesome, and we support you!

[@Kengiedengi]

Can you give an example of NCR with extinction, and NCR without extinction?

[@PsychCore]

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?

[@Kengiedengi]

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 :)

[@PsychCore]

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?

[@natalies405]

Love these videos! Is NCR the same as NCE (E =escape)?

[@PsychCore]

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. 😊

[@SammieSunshineC]

Is this like Differential Reinforcement?

[@PsychCore]

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.

[@PsychCore]

We help....

[@kealepennington2376]

@@PsychCore So are NCR kinda like DRO's then in a sense.

[@PsychCore]

That is definitely one way to look at it - but is genuinely up for debate. DRO has a contingency piece that NCR does not.