Question: The Law of Effect

Answer: Organisms learn through the consequences of their actions.

Question: Edward Lee Thorndike

Answer: The Law of Effect

Question: Burrhus Frederick Skinner

Answer: The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Question: The Operant Chamber (“Skinner Box”)

Answer: Principles of Operant Conditioning

Question: Radical Behaviorism

Answer: Analysis of Verbal Behavior

Question: The Cumulative Recorder

Answer: Programmed Instruction

Question: Operant Behavior

Answer: Behavior that has an effect on the environment and is primarily under the control of its consequences.

Question: Operant selection

Answer: This process of behavioral variability, selection by consequences, and behavioral reproduction occurs throughout the organism’s lifetime.

Question: Simplest type of operant contingency

Answer: R-S (Response-Stimulus)

Question: Reinforcement

Answer: An environmental change that follows a response and increases or maintains the future frequency of that behavior.