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AP Psych Voc 6 p.2

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respondent behavior   show
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operant conditioning   show
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show behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences  
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show Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely  
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show in operant conditioning research, a chamber (also known as a Skinner box) containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer; attached devices record the animal’s rate of bar pressing or key pecking  
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shaping   show
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discriminative stimulus   show
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show in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows  
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positive reinforcement   show
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negative reinforcement   show
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primary reinforcer   show
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conditioned reinforcer   show
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show reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs  
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partial (intermittent) reinforcement schedule   show
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fixed-ratio schedule   show
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variable-ratio schedule   show
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fixed-interval schedule   show
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show in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals  
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show an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows  
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