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11 Cards in this Set
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Law of Effect
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reinforcement of an instrumental response strengthens the association between the response and the environmental stimulus in the presence of which the response occurred
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drive state
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motivational state that exists when an organism is not at homeostatic level.
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Drive Reduction Theory
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the theory that reinforcers are effective because they reduce drive states
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primary reinforcer
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stimulus that is effective in reducing biological need w/o prior learning
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conditioned (acquired) drive
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a drive state induced by the presentation of a stimulus that was previously conditioned w/ a primary reinforcer
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Sensory Reinforcement
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reinforcement provided by the presentation of a stimulus unrelated to a biological need
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Differential Probability Principle (Premack Principle)
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The theory that the opportunity to perform a higher probability response serves as a reinforcer for performing a lower probability response
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Response Deprivation Hypothesis
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reduced access to a response is sufficient to make it a reinforcer
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behavioral regulation
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a mechanism that focuses on the distribution or allocation of an animal's responses and assumes that the animal will work to maintain an optimal distribution of activities
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Behavioral Bliss Point
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the optimal distribution of activities in the absence of constraints or limitations imposed by an instrumental conditioning procedure
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schedule line
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a line on a graph of different rates of instrumental and reinforcer behavior indicating how much access to the reinforcer activity is provided for various rates of instrumental responding on a particular schedule of reinforcement
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