1. OPERANT CONDITIONING

2. B F SKINNER Operant Conditioning Conditioning that results in the individuals’ actions & the consequences they cause

3. REINFORCEMENT Something that follows a response & strengthens the tendency to repeat the response

4. PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT  Something necessary for psychological or physical survival that is used as a reward.  Examples:

5. SECONDARY REINFORCEMENT  Anything that comes to represent a primary reinforcer.  Examples:

6. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT  Strengthening the tendency to repeat a response by following it with the addition of something pleasant.  Examples:

7. NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT  Strengthening a response by following it with the removal of something unpleasant  Examples:

8. PUNISHMENT  Weakening a response by following it with an unpleasant consequence  Examples:

9. SHAPING  The process of gradually refining a response by reinforcing close approximations of it.

10. IMMEDIACY OF REINFORCEMENT  The reinforcement must occur without delay or risk loss of repeat behavior.