What is a Presentation Punishment?
The use of unpleasant or displeasing stimuli to reduce the reoccurrence of a particular behavior by causing an individual to avoid the behavior in the future.
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What is Punishment?
Consequences meant to be displeasing or unpleasant which are used to weaken behavior or deter an individual from certain conduct in the future.
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What is the Premack Principle?
A rule which claims that recreational activities that bring pleasure can help individuals participate in activities they find less enjoyable.
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What is a Secondary Reinforcer?
A consequence that people come to consider valuable through its interaction with or connection to a primary reinforcer.
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What is a Primary Reinforcer?
A consequence, such as food, water, or shelter, that fulfills basic needs.
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What is a Reinforcer?
A favorable or pleasant consequence that is used to support, sustain, or further bolster certain conduct.
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What are Consequences?
Outcomes, which may be favorable or unfavorable that result after specific actions and affect future conduct.
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What is a Skinner Box?
A tool, developed by B.F. Skinner, for animal behavior observation in experiments involving operant conditioning.
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What is Operant Conditioning?
A process which involves using pleasant or unpleasant outcomes to control conduct and its frequency.
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What is Classical Conditioning?
A process which involves repeated associations between a previously neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus to induce a conditioned response in the senses.
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