temporal conditioning

a procedure in classical conditioning in which the unconditioned stimulus is presented at regular intervals but in the absence of an accompanying conditioned stimulus. Compare trace conditioning.

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October 18th 2024

cofigurative culture

a society or culture in which people learn chiefly from other people in the same age group, so that, for example, children learn mostly from children and young adults from young adults. Compare postfigurative culture; prefigurative culture. [coined by U.S. anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901–1978)]