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Unconditioned Reinforcer
A stimulus change following a response that increases future responding in similar situations without a prior learning history
Conditioned Reinforcer
A stimulus change following a response that increases future responding in similar situations because it has been previously paired with another reinforcer
Unconditioned Punisher
A stimulus change following a response that decreases future responding in similar situations without a prior learning history
Conditioned Punisher
A stimulus change following a response that decreases future responding in similar situations because it has been previously paired with another punisher
Unconditioned MO
A motivating operation whose value-altering effect does not depend on a learning history
Conditioned MO
A motivating operation that has obtained its value-altering effect because it has been previously paired with another motivating operation
Extinction
Withholding all reinforcement from a response that has been previously reinforced
Extinction Side-Effects
Extinction burst, emotional behavior, aggression, increase in variety of topographies, increase in intensity of behavior, spontaneous recovery, resurgence
Topography
What a behavior looks like
Prompt Fading
A procedure in which prompts are systematically reduced and eventually removed from instruction so the learner responds independently
Possible Unwanted Effects of Reinforcement
A decrease of the behavior in other settings, an increase of undesirable behaviors in the same response class, a decrease in other desirable behaviors
Single Subject Designs
Experimental designs in which individual serves as their own control
Pros of Reversal Design
Strong demonstration of a functional relation
Cons of Reversal Design
withdraw treatment, some conditions are irreversible, not effective to evaluate learning
Pros of Alternating Treatments Design
Rapid comparisons of treatments, no treatment withdrawal, low sequence effects, no delay to intervention, useful for unstable data
