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PACED RESPONSE:
pacing. See DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES. (Catania)
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PACING:
See differential reinforcement of paced responses.
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PAIN-ELICITED AGGRESSION:
Respondent aggression or attack elicited by an aversive event. The same as respondent aggression.
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PAIRED ASSOCIATES LEARNING:
A verbal learning procedure in which each of several stimuli (usually verbal) sets the occasion for a different verbal response. The stimulus items are presented repeatedly in varied order until the learner meets some learning criterion.
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PAIRING PROCEDURE:
Pairing of a neutral stimulus with a reinforcer or aversive condition.
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PARADIGM: A symbolic representation of relations. For example, a three-term
contingency in which a response (R) produces a reinforcer (Rf) in
the presence of a discriminative stimulus (SD) might be written as.
SD-R-Rf. The term paradigm is often
incorrectly used as a synonym for procedure. |
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PARAMETER: A variable that is held constant while some other variable changes.
When different values of a parameter
are examined, the parameter
distinguishes different functions within a family of functions
(e.g., a graph of avoidance behavior can show avoidance response
rate as a function of either RS interval with SS interval as a
parameter or SS interval with RS
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PARAMETER:
Any of a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics of a behavior, such as schedule and quantity or quality of reinforcers. Differences in parametric values may influence how rapidly, effectively, safely, constructively, durably, and so on, that a given behavior changes. 23
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PARAMETRIC MANIPULATION:
Variation of one or more parameters of a variable in an experiment (e.g., the value of a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement).
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