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Five-Year-Old Tommy Awoke Suddenly in the Middle of the Night

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Five-year-old Tommy awoke suddenly in the middle of the night in an extreme state of panic.He was screaming in his bed but did not respond when his parents asked him what was wrong.It is very likely that Tommy experienced:


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Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus used by B.F. Skinner in the study of animal behavior, allowing systematic study of behavioral conditioning.

Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Cumulative Recorder

A device used in behavioral psychology to visually represent the rate of responses over time in a graph form.

Shaping

A method of teaching or behavior modification that involves reinforcing successive approximations toward a desired behavior.

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