learning pt 3 Flashcards
negative punishment
taking away a pleasant stimulus to decrease or stop a behavior
shaping
rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior
primary reinforcer
has innate reinforcing qualities (e.g., food, water, shelter, sex)
secondary reinforcer
has no inherent value unto itself and only has reinforcing qualities when linked with something else (e.g., money, gold stars, poker chips)
continuous reinforcement
rewarding a behavior every time it occurs
partial reinforcement
rewarding behavior only some of the time
fixed interval reinforcement schedule
behavior is rewarded after a set amount of time
variable interval reinforcement schedule
behavior is rewarded after unpredictable amounts of time have passed
fixed ratio reinforcement schedule
set number of responses must occur before a behavior is rewarded
variable ratio reinforcement schedule
number of responses differ before a behavior is rewarded