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Basic Concepts	behavior, stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement, operant, contingencies, deprivation, Skinner box
Types of Reinforcers	positive reinforcer, negative reinforcer, primary reinforcer, secondary reinforcer, conditioned reinforcer, bridge
Reinforcement Processes	differential reinforcement, shaping, extinction
Schedules of Reinforcement	schedules of reinforcement, continuous reinforcement schedule, partial (intermittent) reinforcement schedule, FR schedule, VR schedule, FI schedule, VI schedule
Stimulus Control	discrimination training, discriminative stimulus, S-delta
Chaining	chaining, backward chaining, forward chaining
Evolutionary Influences	evolutionary contingencies, instinctual drift