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In behavioral psychology, reinforcement refers to consequences that increase the likelihood of an organism's future behavior, typically in the presence of a particular antecedent stimulus. For example, a rat can be trained to push a lever to receive food whenever a light is turned on; in this example, the light is the antecedent stimulus, the lever…
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| Reinforcement | is a | important component of operant conditioning and behavior modification | 0.90 | text |
| Reinforcement | is a | central concept and procedure in special education | 0.90 | text |
| Reinforcement | is a | basic term in operant conditioning | 0.90 | text |
| Reinforcement | is a | important influence on how the different schedules operate | 0.90 | text |
| Reinforcement | is a | pigeon in an experimental cage pecking at a button | 0.90 | text |
| subjective | instance of | even a brief spoken expression of disapproval is a type of punishment.Consequences that lead to appetitive behavior | 0.80 | text |
| whether the person expected a behavior to produce a given outcome | instance of | Other theories may focus on additional factors | 0.80 | text |
| but in the behavioral theory | instance of | Other theories may focus on additional factors | 0.80 | text |
| reinforcement is defined by an increased probability of a response.The study of reinforcement has produced an enormous body of reproducible experimental results | instance of | Other theories may focus on additional factors | 0.80 | text |
| Functional Communication Training | instance of | When shaping is combined with other evidence-based practices | 0.80 | text |
| strategic attention | instance of | which includes strategies | 0.80 | text |
| behavioral rewards.Traumatic bondingTraumatic bonding occurs as the result of ongoing cycles of abuse in which the intermittent reinforcement of reward | instance of | which includes strategies | 0.80 | text |
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