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alternative response when a response is punished, the likelihood that the learner will stop making it depends partly on wheterh other responses are available
avoidance in operant conditioning, making a response to prevent an unpleasant stimulus from occurring before that stimulus occurs
contingency theory theory that emphasizes the value of a CS as a source of information about the occurrence of a US
escape a negative reinforcement situation in which the learner experiences something unpleasant and its response stops the unpleasantness
learned helplessness the inability of a subject to learn to escape an unpleasant stimulus because it had previously been classically conditioned with that stimulus
omission training a form of punishment in which a desired reinforcer is removed because of a response; also called punishment type II
punishment type I the presentation of an undersired stimulus contingent on an operant response
punishment type II a form of punishment in which a desired reinforcer is removed because of a response; also called omission training
time out a form of omission training in which the individual is isolated from potential positive reinforcers because of her response
two-factor theory an explanation of avoidance conditioning by using classically conditioned fear as a mediating device for maintaining the operant response
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