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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

• Mathematical principles of reinforcement — (MPR) are a set of mathematical equations that attempt to describe and predict the most fundamental aspects of behavior. The three key principles of MPR, arousal, constraint, and coupling, describe how incentives motivate responding, how time… …   Wikipedia

• schedule of reinforcement — a series of rules governing the delivery or nondelivery of reinforcement; it may occur after every response (continuous reinforcement) or not (partial reinforcement). In partial reinforcement, delivery may occur after predetermined amounts of… …   Medical dictionary

• schedule — A procedural plan for a proposed objective, especially the sequence and time allotted for each item or operation required for its completion. [L. scheda, fr. scida, a strip of papyrus, leaf of paper] schedules of reinforcement in the psychology… …   Medical dictionary

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• B. F. Skinner — Burrhus Frederic Skinner Born March 20, 1904(1904 03 20) Susquehanna, Pennsyl …   Wikipedia

• Matching law — In operant conditioning, the matching law is a quantitative relationship that holds between the relative rates of response and the relative rates of reinforcement in concurrent schedules of reinforcement. It applies reliably when non human… …   Wikipedia

• 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

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• John Anthony Nevin — is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of New Hampshire. He was born July 5, 1933, in New York City. In 1954, he obtained a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University, in 1961 an M.A. at Columbia University, then in 1963 a Ph.D …   Wikipedia

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