(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
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Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.See Reenforcement.
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: approach, psychology, emphasizes, observable, measurable.To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: approach, psychology, emphasizes, observable, measurable.(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: approach, psychology, emphasizes, observable, measurable.(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: approach, psychology, emphasizes, observable, measurable.(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…
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