partial reinforcement

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(Psychology) Psychol the process of randomly rewarding an organism for making a response on only some of the occasions it makes it

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No references found			The discrimination hypothesis for the partial reinforcement effect posits that fixed reinforcement schedules are more discriminable from extinction than variable reinforcement schedules are (Mowrer & Jones, 1945). Schedule-induced and operant mechanisms that influence response ... by Lee, Ronald; Sturmey, Peter; Fields, Lanny / The Psychological Record The results seem inconsistent with a prediction based on the partial reinforcement extinction effect (PREE). Reinforcer rate and stimulus control in discrimination reversal ... by Dube, William V.; McIlvane, William J. / The Psychological Record It is possible that the effort effect may be an artifact of an effort-produced partial reinforcement schedule resulting from high effort conditions in which the animals may be making many responses which are not completed (and therefore not reinforced). Effort effect: an artifact of effort-produced partial responses? by Miller, Wendy S.; Armus, Harvard L. / The Psychological Record			parthogeny parti pris Parti Québecois parti-color parti-colored parti-coloured partial partial abortion partial breach partial correlation partial denture partial derivative Partial differential partial differential equation Partial differentials partial differentiation partial eclipse partial fraction Partial fractions partial mission-capable partial mission-capable, maintenance partial mission-capable, supply partial mobilization partial pressure partial product partial reinforcement partial storage monitoring partial tone Partial tones partial veil partial verdict partial-birth abortion partialism Partialist partiality Partialize partially partially dominant partially planned movement partially sighted partialness Partibility partible Participable Participaction participant participant role Participantly participate participating participating insurance			Partial Product Selector partial products partial products Partial Program Manager partial protein partial protein partial protein Partial Prothrombine Time partial pulpectomy partial pulpotomy partial pulpotomy Partial Quality Control Partial Quality Leadership Partial Quality Management Partial Quality Office Time Partial Radial Distribution Function Partial Range Zone Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient Partial Reconfiguration Partial Reconfiguration Cost Calculator Partial recursive function Partial Redemption Partial Redemptions Partial redundancy elimination Partial Redundant Distributed Meta Partial reflector Partial reflector Partial reflector partial reformate fuel cell partial regression coefficient partial reinforcement Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect partial release partial release Partial Releases Partial Releases partial remission partial remission Partial Resistance Partial Response Partial Response Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection Partial Response Action Area Partial Response Channel Partial Response Class 5 Partial Response Coding Partial Response Fading Channels Partial Response Maximum Likelihood Partial Response Maximum Likelihood Partial Response Viterbi Detector Partial Restoration of Historic Flow Partial Retention of Diatomic Differential Overlap Partial Reversible Airway Obstruction Partial Risk Guarantee Partial Risk Guarantee Facility partial root amputation Partial Rotator Cuff Tear Partial Route Calculation Partial Run-Time Reconfiguration Partial Sampling Minimum Mean Squared Error

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