Glossary E
Glossary E
Exteroceptive stimulation is a term that relates to sensations associated with external stimuli and involving the senses of vision, hearing, taste, and smell. (see Proprioceptive stimulation).
Extinction refers to the gradual disappearance of a behaviour after it is not followed by a reinforcer.
Extinction burst refers to a temporary increase in the frequency and intensity of responding when Extinction is first implemented.
- Extinction method : Extinction method refers to a method of measuring forgetting by comparing the rate of extinction after a retention interval with the rate of extinction immediately after training.
Extracellular thirst is defined as thirst caused by a reduction in the volume of fluids found between body cells.
Extradyadic sex means having sex with someone other than one’s regular relationship partner, such as a spouse or boy/girlfriend