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General psychology
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Variable-ratio schedule
Psychology; General psychology
A schedule of reinforcement in which a reinforcer is delivered for the first response made after a variable number of responses whose average is predetermined.
Cross-sectional design
Psychology; General psychology
A research method in which groups of participants of different chronological ages are observed and compared at a given time.
Fixed-interval schedule
Psychology; General psychology
A schedule of reinforcement in which a reinforcer is delivered for the first response made after a fixed period of time.
Sociobiology
Psychology; General psychology
A research field that focuses on evolutionary explanations for the social behaviour and social systems of humans and other animal species.
Fixed-ratio schedule
Psychology; General psychology
A schedule of reinforcement in which a reinforcer is delivered for the first response made after a fixed number of responses.
Longitudinal design
Psychology; General psychology
A research design in which the same participants are observed repeatedly, sometimes over many years.
Cognitive appraisal theory of emotion
Psychology; General psychology
A theory stating that the experience of emotion is the joint effect of physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal, which serves to determine how an ambiguous inner state of arousal will be ...