01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Frontal Lobe, Biofeedback, Operant Conditioning

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Marvasti

Document Summary

Partial reinforcement: reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement. Fixed-ratio schedule: in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses. Variable-ratio schedule: in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses. Fixed-interval schedule: in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed. Variable-interval schedule: in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals. Punishment: an event that decreases the behavior that it follows. Cognitive map: a mental representation of the layout of one"s environment. Latent learning: learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it. Insight: a sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem; it contrasts with strategy-based solutions.