{"id":135,"date":"2024-03-19T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/behavoirmodification\/?post_type=content&p=135"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:45:42","slug":"chapter-21-antecedent-control","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/behaviormodification\/chapter-21-antecedent-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 21 – Antecedent Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Chapter 21 – Antecedent Control<\/h1>\n\n\n

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Traditional psychological theories of motivation have addressed the \u201cprocesses of wanting\u201d by postulating inner drives. However, rather than taking this approach, behavioral psychologists have adopted the concept of a motivating operation, adapted by the pioneering behaviorist Jack Michael from Keller and Schoenfeld. A motivating operation is an event or operation that temporarily alters the effectiveness of a reinforcer or punisher\u2014a value-altering effect, and influences behavior that leads to that reinforcer or punisher\u2014a behavior-altering effect. An MAO is an event or operation that temporarily decreases the effectiveness of a reinforcer or punisher and decreases the likelihood of behaviors that normally lead to that reinforcer or increases the likelihood of behaviors that normally lead to that punisher. With a UMAO, the value-altering effect is innate, and the behavior-altering effect is learned.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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