For this conversation, share your experiences by engaging in ONE of the following discussion points:

Please explain at least two examples from your personal or professional life; one should demonstrate automatic reinforcement and the other should demonstrate socially mediated reinforcement.

For each example, explain if the reinforcing stimulus is an unconditioned, conditioned, or a generalized conditioned reinforcer. Why?

Do you think it would be more challenging to change a socially mediated behavior or an automatically reinforcing behavior? Explain your reasoning.