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.
1 Italian: habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, from Latin villa nova ânew settlementâ, as for example Villanova del Battista (Avellino), Villanova Del Ghebbo and Villanova Marchesanda (Rovigo), Villanova di Camposampiero (Padua), Villanova dâAlbenga (Savona).ast name origins & meanings: 1  Italian: habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, from Latin villa nova ânew settlementâ, as for example Villanova del Battista (Avellino), Villanova Del Ghebbo and Villanova Marchesanda (Rovigo), Villanova di Camposampiero (Padua), Villanova dâAlbenga (Savona).