_________________ is Skinner’s term for an actively emitted behavior that operates on the environment to produce consequences.

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• ________________ refers to the presentation of an event or stimulus following a behavior that acts to decrease the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.
• _________________ is the operant conditioning procedure of selectively reinforcing successively closer approximations of a goal behavior until the goal behavior is displayed.
• ________________ is the basic learning process that involves changing the probability of a response being repeated by manipulating the consequences of that response.
• The accurate perception of objects as stable or unchanged despite changes in the sensory patterns they produce, is ____________________
• ____________________ is defined as any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of practice or experience.
• ___________________ focus was on the scientific study of observable behavior that could be objectively measured and verified.
• The Austrian physician who emphasized unconscious processes rather than overt observable behavior was ________________.
• Psychologists who study the diversity of human behavior in different cultural settings and countries are called _______________ psychologists.
• ___________________ refers to gradual weakening and disappearance of conditioned behavior when it is no longer followed by a reinforcer.