Psychology: Themes and Variations
10th EditionWayne Weiten
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Cognitive Psychology
5th EditionE Bruce Goldstein
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Cognitive Psychology
3rd EditionE Bruce Goldstein, Robert Hershberger
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Psychology: Principles in Practice
1st EditionSpencer A. Rathus
1,024 solutions
What is the term for the adding or taking away of a stimulus following a response which increases the likelihood of that response being repeated?
Reinforcement is defined as a consequence that follows an operant response that increase (or attempts to increase) the likelihood of that response occurring in the future.
What is the removal of a pleasant stimulus called?
How Reinforcement and Punishment Influence Behaviour: The Research of Thorndike and Skinner.
When removal of a stimulus in response to a behavior increases the frequency of that behavior is said to have occurred?
Psychology Exam 4.
What is it called when a neutral stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus to become a conditioned stimulus as well this?
The classical conditioning process is all about pairing a previously neutral stimulus with another stimulus that naturally produces a response. After pairing the presentation of these two together enough times, an association is formed. The previously neutral stimulus will then evoke the response all on its own.