- refers to a series of response wherein each response leads to the next response
Extinction
- weakening of an instrumental learning due to the withdrawal of reinforcement
- degree with which an organism resists extinction is indicative of the strength of the conditioned response
- if the learned response is strong enough, the more difficult it is to extinguish it
Stimulus Generalization
- refers to the tendency of a stimulus, which is similar to the one used in training to elicit the same response
Discrimination Learning
- the response made in one stimulus is not made in one stimulus is not made possible to the others
Partial Reinforcement
- a possibility of maintaining operant response in a schedule of intermittent
- partial reinforcement wherein the responses made by an individual are reinforced only part of the time
Secondary Reinforcement
- reinforcers are learned, they are referred to a stimulus that has gained a reinforcing property by having been paired with a primary reinforcer like money, grades, and praises
- primary reinforcers, are biological
- they do not need any previous training in order to strengthen a response
