Plans for Determining Which Responses Will Be Reinforced Are Known

question 522

Multiple Choice

Plans for determining which responses will be reinforced are known as

• A)schedules of reinforcement.
• B)successive approximations.
• C)token economies.
• D)programmed instruction.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behaviors of others and imitating those behaviors without direct instruction or reinforcement.

Operant Conditioning

A process of teaching in which behavior modification occurs as a result of either encouraging rewards or imposing punishments.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating how stimuli can trigger conditioned responses.

Extinction

In psychology, it refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.