Category: R

A stimulus that produces reinforcement.  

Any reward or punishment following a particular behavior, reinforcement.  

The consequences of a behavior that increase the likelihood that the same response will be made in the future.  

The sequencing of rewards so that desired responses continue. A rule that determines the occasions when a response is reinforced, fixed- ratio schedule; random schedule.  

In classical conditioning, a trial in which the conditioned stimulus is accompanied by the unconditioned stimulus.  

The arousal of interest in a goal and the learning experience, enhancing the learner’s ability to achieve.  

A theoretical process of rebirth in some other form of life. The belief held by members of some religious groups that a person returns in physical or spiritual form to live again after death. The idea that we die only to be born again as some other person or being human, animal, or, in some…

A fine tube for studying gastric secretion or for nasal feeding.  

Therapy aimed at restoring or maintaining the greatest possible function and independence of a person is especially useful to persons who have suffered from stroke, an injury, or disease by helping them recover the maximum use of the affected areas of the body, rehabilitation.  

A gene that controls the rate of production of another gene.