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.
The stone's name derives (via Latin: molochÄ«tis, Middle French: melochite, and Middle English melochites) from Greek Î¼Î¿Î»Î¿ÏÎ¯ÏÎ·Ï Î»Î¯Î¸Î¿Ï molochitis lithos, mallow-green stone, from Î¼Î¿Î»ÏÏÎ· molÅchÄ, variant of Î¼Î±Î»Î¬ÏÎ· malÄchÄ, mallow. The mineral was given this name due to its resemblance to the leaves of the Mallow plant.