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Contiguity Theory Terms

Contiguity Theory

Principle of Association

Principle of Postremity

Principle of Response Probability

All-or-None Learning

Hypothesis-Testing Approaches

Win-Stay Lose-Shift Strategy

There is some independent probability that a response formed in the presence of a stimulus will forge an association with it. That probability is completely unaffected by the occurrence of a subsequent event involving what is normally called reinforcement or punishment (Cech, 1998).
contiguity postremity
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