| A | B |
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| B.F. Skinner | Discovered Operant Conditioning |
| Operant Conditioning | Based upon choice as opposed to ingrained reaction |
| Reinforcement | a stimulus or event that helps to promote a repeated behavior |
| Positive Reinforcement | Gain situation in hopes to promote a repeated behavior |
| Negative Reinforcement | a Loss situation in hopes to promote a repeated behavior |
| Fixed Ratio Schedule | Reinforcement after a fixed number of responses |
| Variable Ratio Schedule | Reinforcement after varying number of responses. |
| Fixed Interval Schedule | Reinforcement of first response after a fixed amount of time has passed |
| Variable Interval Schedule | Reinforcement of a first response after varying rates of time |
| Shaping | Behavior is molded by rewarding as you get closer to the answer |
| Chaining | Learned reactions that follow one another in sequence |
| Escape Conditioning | Training an organism to remove an unpleasant stimulus |
| Avoidance Conditioning | Training an individual to withdraw from an unpleasant experience |
| Punishment | Used to extinguish behavior |
