TERMINAL BEHAVIOR

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N., Pam M.S.
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1. with regard to free-operant conditioning under interval-based reinforcement, actions that are predominant within the time briefly prior to reinforcement taking place. 2. a reaction which either lies outside a living being's present behavioral repertoire or isn't happening at a favored rate, magnitude or intensity.

TERMINAL BEHAVIOR: "The patient's terminal behavior was worrisome to her family, naturally."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. VARIABLE-INTERVAL REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE (VI SCHEDULE)
  2. VARIABLE-RATIO REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE (VR SCHEDULE)
  3. PEAK PROCEDURE
  4. POSTREINFORCEMENT PAUSE
  5. INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT
  6. REINFORCEMENT THERAPY
  7. CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT (CRF)
  8. APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (ABA)
  9. PERCENTILE REINFORCEMENT
  10. RANDOM-INTERVAL SCHEDULE (RI SCHEDULE)
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "TERMINAL BEHAVIOR," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 29, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/terminal-behavior/ (accessed September 16, 2021).
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