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AP Psych Chapter 6 Vocab

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103795997primary reinforcersevents that acquire reinforcing qualities by being associated with primary reinforcers.
103795998secondary (conditioned) reinforcersevents that acquire reinforcing qualities by being associated with primary reinforcers.
103795999schedule of reinforcementdetermines which occurrences of a specific response result in the presentation of a reinforcer.
103796000continuous reinforcementoccurs when every instance of a designated response is reinforced.
103796001intermittent (partial) reinforcementoccurs when a designated response is reinforced only some of the time.
103796002fixed-ratio schedulethe reinforcer is given after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses.
103796003variable-ratio schedulethe reinforcer is given after a variable number of nonreinforced responses.
103796004fixed-interval schedulethe reinforcer is given for the first response that occurs after a fixed time interval has elapsed.
103796005variable-interval schedulethe reinforcer is given for the first response after a variable time interval has elapsed.
103796006positive reinforcementoccurs when a response is strengthened because it is followed by the presentation of a rewarding stimulus.
103796007negative reinforcementoccurs when a response is strengthened because it is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus.
103796008escape learningan organism acquires a response that decreases or ends some aversive stimulation.
103796009avoidance learningan organism acquires a response that prevents some aversive stimulus from occurring.
103796010punishmentoccurs when an event following a response weakens the tendency to make that response.
103796011instinctive driftoccurs when an animal's innate response tendencies interfere with conditioning processes.
103796012observational learningoccurs when an organism's responding is influenced by the observation of others, who are called models
103796013instrumental learningoperant conditioning.
103796014behavior modificationa systematic approach to changing behavior through the application of the principles of conditioning.
103796015evaluative conditioningconsists of efforts to transfer the emotion attached to a UCS to a new CS.
103796016acquisitionrefers to the initial stage of learning something.

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