- The gradual process of reinforcing behaviors that get closer to some final desired behavior: Shaping
- The addition of a bad consequence when a response is performed: Positive punishment
- Theorist who worked with pigeons and rats in cages: B.F. Skinner
- A label used by Edward L. Thorndike to indicate learning that occurs through action, not observation: Instrumental conditioning
- The ides that behaviors can either be encouraged or discouraged based upon the state of affairs that follows the behavior: Law of effect
- Removing something unpleasant to increase the probability that the preceding behavior will be repeated: Negative reinforcement
- Theorist who worked with cats in puzzle boxes: Edward L. Thorndike
- Form of learning in which behavior followed by reinforcement increases in frequency: Operant conditioning
- Presenting the subject something pleasant to increase the probability that the preceding behavior will be repeated: Positive reinforcement
- The removal of a good consequence when a response is performed: Negative punishment