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| that part of operant conditioning in which an operant response is followed by a reinforcer, thereby increasing the rate with which the response occurs. |
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| situation in which the organism can avoid an aversive stimulus by engaging in appropriate activity |
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| approach to treating behavior disorders that is based on any one of several learning theories |
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| situation in which one response brings the organism into contact with stimuli that (1) reinforce that response and (2) stimulate the next response. Can involve other people (ex. one person's response can both reinforce another person's response and determine the next course of action) |
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| type of conditioning studied by Ivan Pavlov and used by J. B. Watson as a model for his version of behaviorism |
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