POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE

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N., Pam M.S.
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with regard to operant conditioning, the period of time which passes from the end of reinforcement until the subsequent reaction from the category which is being reinforced.

POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE: "The postreinforcement pause was far more brief than expected."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. VARIABLE-RATIO REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE (VR SCHEDULE)
  2. VARIABLE-INTERVAL REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE (VI SCHEDULE)
  3. INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT
  4. TERMINAL BEHAVIOR
  5. METHOD OF SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS
  6. SCHEDULE OF REINFORCEMENT
  7. OPERANDUM
  8. PERCENTILE REINFORCEMENT
  9. NEGATIVE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS (SYMBOL: S' OR S-)
  10. CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT (CRF)
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/postreinforcement-pause/ (accessed October 14, 2019).
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