(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.
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Negative reinforcing stimulus
a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
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(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
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) 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
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.conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether…
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
Used in the same subject area: Behavioural psychology, Psychology.conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the…
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A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus produ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus; "counter conditioning lies beh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus; "he measured evoked potentials with an electro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.an antibody produced in response to immunization with one antigen but having a higher affinity for a second antigen that was not prese…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reinforcing, stimulus, removal, serves, decrease.a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
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