Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Operant Conditioning |
Learning in which a voulentary response is streghtned or weakened, depending on its favoable or unfavorble consequences |
|
|
Reinforcement |
The process by which a stimulus increases the probability that a preceding behavior will be repeated. |
|
|
Reinforcer |
An stimulus that increases the probability that a preceding behavior will occur again |
|
|
Positive reinforcer |
A stimulus added to the environment that brings about an increase in a preceding response |
|
|
Negative reindorecer |
A unpleasant stimulus whose removal leads to an increasr in the probability that a preceding respense will be repeated in the future |
|
|
Punishment |
A stimulus that decreases the probabilty thT A PRECIOUS BEHAVIOR WILL OCCUR AGAIN |
|
|
Schedule of reinforcement |
Different patterns of frequency is reinforced everytime the behaivors occurs` |
|
|
Partial (or intermitent) reinforcement schedule |
A schedule in which behavior is reinforced some but not all the time. |
|
|
Fixed - raitio schedule |
A schedule by which reinforcement is given only after a specific number of responses are made. |
|
|
VariableF-RATIO SCHEDULE |
A schedule by which reinforcement occurs after a varying number of responses rather than after a fixed number |
|
|
Fixed - interval schedule |
A schedule in which reinforcement is provided for a response only after a fixed time period has elapsed |
|
|
Variable - internal schedule |
A schedule by which the time between reinforcements varies around some average rather than being fixed |
|
|
Shaping |
The process of teacing a complex behavior by reward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior |
|
|
Behavior modification |
A formulized technique for promoting the frequency of desirable behaviors and declaring the incidence of unwanted ones |
