In situations when the presentation of reinforcement is controlled, such as during training, the timing of when a reinforcer is presented can be manipulated. During the early stages of learning, continuous reinforcement is often used. This schedule involves reinforcing a response each and every time it occurs.
Newcomb is either English or Welsh in origin and if your family arrived in the earliest batch of pre-revolutionary Newcombs they came from the English west country which can also mean Wales. If you need more information there are two books on the Newcombs. I have the one published in 1874.
COMPARISIONS between SOCIOLOGICAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL models: Newcombâs ABX Model of 1953 is a good example for a sociological model, which was one of the first models to introduce the concept of the role of society in a communication process and vice versa. According to Newcomb, the primary role is to maintain equilibrium in a social relationship.