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When people try to use reinforcers to change behavior there are two complications that sometimes occur:
•   misuse of rewards
•   rewards that backfire
Analyze each of these complications.  Describe ways in which these complications may be avoided.
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12 years ago
Misuse of rewards may involve indiscriminately dispensing of rewards even if they have not been earned.
The rewards quickly become meaningless.
Rewards must be tied to the behavior that you are trying to increase.
Rewards can backfire when they are not inherently related to the activity being reinforced.
For example, giving extrinsic reinforcement for a behavior that is already intrinsically motivated may actually cause the behavior to decrease.
Extrinsic rewards should be used only for doing a task well, not just for doing it.
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