learning pt 3 Flashcards

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negative punishment

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taking away a pleasant stimulus to decrease or stop a behavior

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shaping

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rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior

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primary reinforcer

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has innate reinforcing qualities (e.g., food, water, shelter, sex)

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secondary reinforcer

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has no inherent value unto itself and only has reinforcing qualities when linked with something else (e.g., money, gold stars, poker chips)

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continuous reinforcement

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rewarding a behavior every time it occurs

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partial reinforcement

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rewarding behavior only some of the time

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fixed interval reinforcement schedule

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behavior is rewarded after a set amount of time

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variable interval reinforcement schedule

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behavior is rewarded after unpredictable amounts of time have passed

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fixed ratio reinforcement schedule

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set number of responses must occur before a behavior is rewarded

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variable ratio reinforcement schedule

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number of responses differ before a behavior is rewarded

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