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Who was B.F. Skinner
A behavior theorist
Process in which a subject picks up a new behavior
acquisition
The rules dictating how often a behavior is rewarded.
Schedules of Reinforcement
Learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences.
What is Operanat conditioning
A personal limitation, the ability to manage impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term awards
delayed gratification
The gradual disappearance of a learned behavior when reinforcement stops
Extinction
A test chamber used to analyze animal behavior through levers and rewards.
Skinner Box
positive, constructive, helpful behavior learned through observation
prosocial effects
A method of training where successive approximations of a target behavior are reinforced.
Shaping
Adding a pleasant reward to increase a behavior.
Positive Reinforcement
The term Operant Conditioning will always result in a DECREASE of the targeted behavior
punishment
The name of Skinner's philosophy, which argues that internal mental states
Radical Behaviorism
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior
Negative Reinforcement:
This is the biological, natural behavior that is associated with a stimulus in Classical Conditioning
Unconditioned response
The behavioral technique of linking a sequence of distinct behaviors together to form a complex routine. Each step acts as a cue for the next behavior while reinforcing the previous one
Chaining