Chapter 9: The Motivation of Instrumental Action

Key Terms

acquired motivation

after-image

after-reaction

a-process

b-process

concurrent measurement studies

frustration

homeostasis

imprinting

incentive learning

incentive motivation

negative contrast

opponent process

opponent-process theory

paradoxical reward effects

partial reinforcement extinction effect (PREE)

Pavlovian-instrumental transfer

positive contrast

rG-sG mechanism

sequential theory

specific hungers

standard pattern of affective dynamics

transfer-of-control experiments

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