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• Reinforcement — Reinforce redirects here. For the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha character, see Reinforce (Nanoha). This article is about the term used in operant conditioning. For the construction materials reinforcement, see Rebar. For reinforcement learning in… …   Wikipedia

• Extinction (psychology) — Extinction in psychology refers to the lowering of the probability of a response when a characteristic reinforcing stimulus is no longer presented. In classical conditioning, this refers to the decline of a conditioned response when a conditioned …   Wikipedia

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• extinction — /ik stingk sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of extinguishing. 2. the fact or condition of being extinguished or extinct. 3. suppression; abolition; annihilation: the extinction of an army. 4. Biol. the act or process of becoming extinct; a coming to an end …   Universalium

• extinction — 1. In behavior modification or classical or operant conditioning, a progressive decrease in the frequency of a response that is not positively reinforced; the withdrawal of reinforcers known to maintain an undesirable behavior. See conditioning.… …   Medical dictionary

• extinction — ex•tinc•tion [[t]ɪkˈstɪŋk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of extinguishing 2) bio the state of being extinguished or extinct 3) bio the act or process of becoming extinct: the extinction of a species[/ex] 4) psl the reduction or loss of a conditioned… …   From formal English to slang

• extinction — n. (in psychology) the weakening of a conditioned reflex that takes place if it is not maintained by reinforcement. This is used as a method of treatment when undesirable behaviour (e.g. destructiveness) is reduced simply by withdrawing whatever… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Behavioral momentum — is a theory in Quantitative Analysis of Behavior and is a comparative metaphor based on physical momentum. It describes the general relation between resistance to change (persistence of behavior) and the rate of reinforcement obtained in a given… …   Wikipedia

• Applied behavior analysis — (ABA) is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior. ABA takes what we know about behavior and uses it to bring about positive change (Applied). Behaviors are defined in… …   Wikipedia

• Operant conditioning — is a form of psychological learning during which an individual modifies the occurrence and form of its own behavior due to the association of the behavior with a stimulus. Operant conditioning is distinguished from classical conditioning (also… …   Wikipedia

• Behavior analysis of child development — Child development in behavior analytic theory has origins in John B. Watson s behaviorism.[1] Watson wrote extensively on child development and conducted research (see Little Albert experiment). Watson was instrumental in the modification of… …   Wikipedia