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accidental (adventitious) reinforcement |
An instance in which the delivery of a reinforcer happens to coincide with a particular response, even though that response was not responsible for the reinforcer presentation. Responsible for "superstitious" behavior. |
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Appetitive/Aversive stimuli |
appetitive - positive reinforcer aversive - negative punish response (prevent by avoidance, terminated by escape) |
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behavioral contrast |
change in the value of a reinforcer produced by prior experience with a higher or lower value. High B4= reduced reinforcer value (negative bc) Low B4= increases reinforcer value (positive bc) |
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Contiguity (temporal contiguity) |
The occurernce of two events, such as a response and a reinforcer, at the same time or very close together in time.
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Differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) |
An instrumental conditioning procedure in which a positive reinforcer is periodically delivered only if the participant does something other than the target response. |
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Discrete-trial procedure |
A method of instrumental conditioning in which the participant can perform the instrumental response only during specified periods, usually dtermined either by placement of the participant in an experimental chamber or by the presentation of a stimulus. |
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free-operant procedure |
A method of instrumental conditioning that permits repeated performance of the instrumental response without intervention by the experimenter. |
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instinctive drift |
A gradual drift of instrumental behavior away from the responses required for reinforcement to species typical, pr instinctive, responses related to the reinforcer and to other stimuli in the experimental stimulus. |
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interim response |
A response that has its highest probability in the middle of the interval between successive presentations of a reinforcer, when the reinforcer is not likely to occuvr. |
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terminal response |
A response that is most likely at the end of the interval between successive reinforcements that are presented at fixed intervals. |
