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The process by which a behavior is strengthened by the consequence of receiving something desirable.
Positive Reinforcement
The reinforcement of a behavior every single time it occurs.
Continuous Reinforcement
A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher.
Operant Conditioning
The removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the probability of a behavior's recurring.
Negative Reinforcement
A strategy of behavioral learning in which the probability of a response is reduced by following it with the presentation of an unpleasant stimulus.
Positive Punishment
A pattern of delivering reinforcement only after a certain amount of time has passed and a response has occurred.
Fixed Interval Schedule
A behavioral consequence that decreases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again in the future.
Punishment
The weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response when it is not followed by a reinforcer.
Extinction
A strategy in which behaviors are reinforced only some of the time.
Partial Reinforcement
A schedule where reinforcement is provided after an unpredictable number of responses.
Variable Ratio Schedule
The addition of a stimulus which results in a decrease of a behavior.
Positive Punishment
Removing a stimulus which leads to a decrease in the behavior that it follows.
Negative Punishment
A schedule where reinforcement happens after a set number of responses.
Fixed Ratio Schedule
The reinforcement of a behavior after a varying amount of time since the last reinforcement, as long as at least one response occurred within that interval.
Variable Interval Schedule
Reinstating a previously extinguished response by reintroducing reinforcement.
Spontaneous Recovery
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