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The Performance of a Desired Behavior Is Reinforced on ________

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The performance of a desired behavior is reinforced on ________ when partial reinforcement is used to encourage learning.


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Puzzle Box

An experimental device used in animal psychology to study trial-and-error learning, notably by Edward L. Thorndike.

Thorndike

Edward Thorndike was an influential psychologist known for his work in behaviorism and for developing the Law of Effect, which played a foundational role in the study of operant conditioning.

Skinner Box

An apparatus created by B.F. Skinner for conditioning and studying the behaviors of animals through reinforcements and punishments.

Insight Learning

A form of problem solving where the solution suddenly comes to us in what might be described as a "flash of insight".

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