monism

n. the position that reality consists of a single substance, whether this is identified as mind (idealistic monism), matter (natural monism), or God (pantheism). In the context of the mind–body problem, monism is any position (such as neutral monism) that avoids dualism. —monist adj., n. —monistic adj.

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May 7th 2024

conjoint schedule

a type of compound schedule of reinforcement under which two or more schedules of reinforcement operate simultaneously for a single response.