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| The formation of a new conditioned response tendency. |
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| In behavior modification, events that typically precede the target response. |
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| Orientations that locate objects of thought on dimensions of judgment. |
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Learning that has occurred when an organism engages in a response that prevents aversive
stimulation from occurring. |
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A systematic approach to changing behavior through the application of the principles of
conditioning. |
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A systematic approach to changing behavior through the application of the principles of
conditioning. |
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A type of learning in which a neutral stimulus acquires the ability to evoke a response that was
originally evoked by another stimulus. |
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| Concurrent schedules of reinforcement |
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| Two or more reinforcement schedules that operate simultaneously and independently, each for a different response. |
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| See Secondary reinforcers. |
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| Conditioned response (CR) |
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| A learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus that occurs because of previous conditioning. |
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| Conditioned stimulus (CR) |
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A previously neutral stimulus that has, through conditioning, acquired the capacity to evoke a
conditioned response. |
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| Reinforcing every instance of a designated response. |
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| A graphic record of reinforcement and responding in a Skinner box as a function of time. |
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Cues that influence operant behavior by indicating the probable consequences (reinforcement or
nonreinforcement) of a response. |
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| Electrical stimulation of the brain(ESB) |
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| Sending a weak electric current into a brain structure to stimulate (activate) it. |
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| To draw out or bring forth. |
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A type of learning in which an organism acquires a response that decreases or ends some aversive
stimulation. |
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| The gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency. |
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| Fixed-interval (FI) Schedule |
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A reinforcement schedule in which the reinforcer is given for the first response that occurs after a
fixed time interval has elapsed. |
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A reinforcement schedule in which the reinforcer is given after a fixed number of nonreinforced
responses. |
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