Answers to Key Terms Exercise

  1. trace conditioning
  2. secondary reinforcer
  3. stimulus generalization
  4. conditioned stimulus
  5. partial-reinforcement effect
  6. aversive stimulus
  7. shaping
  8. variable-ratio schedule
  9. variable-interval schedule
  10. behavior modification
  11. extrinsic motivation
  12. positive punishment
  13. law of effect
  14. spontaneous recovery (in classical conditioning)
  15. extinction (in operant conditioning)