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Operant Condition

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Who was Edward Thorndike   show
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What are some of Thorndike's Laws?   show
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show The most recent response if likely to occur  
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show When you choose restaurants, you choose one that you've always gone to because it becomes a routine  
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show Connections become strengthened with practice and weakened when practice is discontinued  
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Example of Law of Use   show
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show Behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely; behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely  
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Who was B.F. Skinner?   show
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What was majority of Skinner's work was done on?   show
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What is Operant Conditioning?   show
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Reinforcement   show
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show Any outcome/response that decreases the frequency of the preceding behavior  
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show Biologically useful, intrinsically satisfying, restores equilibrium  
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show An introduction of a pleasurable stimulus after a behavior, which will increase the likelihood of the future occurrence of the behavior  
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Negative Reinforcement   show
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show An introduction of an aversive stimulus after a behavior, which will decrease the likelihood of the future occurrence of the behavior  
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show A removal of (or a threatening to remove) a pleasurable stimulus after a behavior, which will decrease the likelihood of the future occurrence of a behavior  
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show A return of a behavior to baseline when reinforcement/punishment stops  
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show Increasing or decreasing similar responses due to punishment or reinforcement  
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Discrimination   show
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Primary reinforcers   show
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Secondary reinforcers   show
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Shaping   show
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Chaining   show
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show Reinforcement for every correct response  
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show Occasional reinforcement for a correct response  
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show Reward for a behavior after "X" responses. Causes faster responders to get more rewards. Produces high rates of responding but quick extinction when the reinforcement is removed  
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Variable Ratio   show
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show Reward for a behavior after "X' amount of time has passed. The responses are rather sparse in down time, but get more vigorous right before time X  
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Variable Interval   show
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What is the effectiveness of reinforcement?   show
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