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Mabel Always Thought of Herself as Being Incapable When It

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Mabel always thought of herself as being incapable when it came to fixing things. She easily developed the habit of asking her husband, Abel, to do even the simplest "fix-it" tasks, like changing a light bulb. Then one day Mabel got a flat tire on a country road. She managed to struggle through the process of changing the tire all on her own. From then on, she felt much more capable, and started to fix more things around the house. This best illustrates


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Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a learned response to a specific stimulus is evoked by similar stimuli, indicating a broadening of the response criterion.

VR 10 Schedule

A type of variable ratio reinforcement schedule used in behavioral psychology where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, averaging to ten.

Continuous Reinforcement

A form of learning in which every correct response is reinforced, often used in the initial stages of behavior training.

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The understanding and memory one has about the spatial characteristics of one's environment, including locations, distances, and directions.

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