Your Text Identifies Four Unifying Themes That Relate to Psychology's

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Essay

Your text identifies four unifying themes that relate to psychology's subject matter. Identify each of these themes and show how each theme might be relevant in investigating clinical depression.

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Definitions:

Continuous Reinforcement

A method of learning that involves providing a reward after every correct response to ensure the behavior is reinforced.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Discriminative Stimulus

A type of stimulus in the environment that increases the chance of a response due to its association with a reinforcement or punishment.

Operant Response

A behavior that is modified by its consequences, which can lead to changes in future behavioral patterns.