Reinforcers that consist of interactions with other individuals, i.e. high five, thumbs up, wink.

Process used to create new behavior by differentially reinforcing successive approximations to a desired behavior (the target response).

A consequence that was previously neutral but has become a reinforcer through pairing with a previously established reinforcer.

The ratio of responses to reinforcers. Schedules of reinforcement determine how often particular responses will result in reinforcement.

A reinforcer loses its effectiveness because it has been ingested in quantities that do not allow more absorption. In common terms satiation is synonymous with “being full”. Although the term is sometimes used to describe the weakening effect of time spent interacting with a conditioned reinforcer (for example, a child “getting tired of playing with…