Chapter 8 Vocab Section 2 Flashcards
Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli, stimulus that when removed after a response strengthens the response
Negative reinforcement
Increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli such as food any stimulus that when presented after a response strengthens the response
Positive reinforcement
An innately reinforcing stimulus such as one that satisfies a biological need
Primary reinforcers
A stimulus that gains it’s reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer
Conditioned reinforcers
Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs
Continuous reinforcement
Reinforcing a response only part of the time results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement
Partial reinforcement
In operant conditioning a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses
Fixed ratio schedule
In operant conditioning a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number or responses
Variable ratio schedule
In operant conditioning a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed
Fixed interval schedules
In operant conditioning. Reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response of unpredictable time intervals
Variable interval schedules
An event that decreases the behavior it follows
Punishment
Learning that occurs but is not apparent until three is an incentive to demonstrate it
Latent learning
A mental representation of the layout of ones environment
Cognitive map
A desire to preform a behavior for its own sake
Intrinsic motivation
A desire to preform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment
Extrinsic motivation
