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Identify and Briefly Define the Three Basic Roles of Education

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Identify and briefly define the three basic roles of education.


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Shaping

A method of behavior training in which reinforcement is given for progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Ratio Schedule

In behavior modification, a reinforcement schedule that provides rewards after a certain number of responses, encouraging consistent behavior.

Interval Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning that delivers a reward after a variable or fixed interval of time has passed.

Operant Response Rates

The rate at which an organism performs a behavior that is reinforced by a consequence in a given period, used in operant conditioning research.

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