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5130 Week 7
Includes terms from Week 7 only
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alternative response | when a response is punished, the likelihood that the learner will stop making it depends partly on wheterh other responses are available |
| avoidance | in operant conditioning, making a response to prevent an unpleasant stimulus from occurring before that stimulus occurs |
| contingency theory | theory that emphasizes the value of a CS as a source of information about the occurrence of a US |
| escape | a negative reinforcement situation in which the learner experiences something unpleasant and its response stops the unpleasantness |
| learned helplessness | the inability of a subject to learn to escape an unpleasant stimulus because it had previously been classically conditioned with that stimulus |
| omission training | a form of punishment in which a desired reinforcer is removed because of a response; also called punishment type II |
| punishment type I | the presentation of an undersired stimulus contingent on an operant response |
| punishment type II | a form of punishment in which a desired reinforcer is removed because of a response; also called omission training |
| time out | a form of omission training in which the individual is isolated from potential positive reinforcers because of her response |
| two-factor theory | an explanation of avoidance conditioning by using classically conditioned fear as a mediating device for maintaining the operant response |
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