ABA Midterm Flashcards
negative punishment
removal of a stimulus to decrease behavior
unconditioned reinforcers
stimuli such as food and water that are inherently reinforcing for individuals
behaviorism
concentrates on the philosophy of science of behavior
negative reinforcement
removing an aversive stimuli to increase behavior
antecedent
occurs prior to a behavior or response
three term contingency
antecedent, behavior, consequences
consequence
occurs after a behavior or response
response latency
amount of time between when a demand is given and a response/behavior is displayed
time sampling
procedure of observing and recording behavior during intervals or at specific moments in time
ratio schedules
based on the number of responses
interval schedules
based on passage of time
behavior
what is observed
interresponse time
the amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response or behavior
duration
amount of time in which a behavior occurs
conditioned reinforcers
(1) have to be paired with another stimuli, (2) they can be tokens, stickers, or tickets
mentalism
assumes inner causes or phenomena directly caused or atleast mediate some forms of behavior and strongly relies on hypothetical constructs or explanatory fictions
continuous reinforcement
reinforcing every instance of behavior
extinction
(1) discontinuing reinforcement that maintains behavior, (2) reinforcer for the behavior must be empirically identified, (3) zero probability of reinforcement
intermittent schedules of reinforcement
only some of the responses are reinforced
- Fixed ratio
- Variable ratio
- Fixed interval
- Variable interval
ABA
(1) concentrates on the development of technology to improve behavior (2) overarching purpose is to concentrate on socially important or significant behavior
extinction burst
immediate increase in the frequency of a target behavior after the removal of a reinforcer
reflex
stimulus-response relation consisting of a antecedent stimulus and respondent behavior it illicits
radical behaviorism
principles that govern behavior that we can see must also govern behavior that we can’t see
Skinner
largely credited with founding the scientific discipline known as experimental analysis of behavior
temporal locus
specifies when in time a behavior occurs
operant behavior
(1) emitted because in the past it produces a particular stimulus change or functional consequence (2) defined by function rather than form
Fixed interval schedule of reinforcement
gradual accelerating rate of a response of behavior towards the end of the interval
ratio strain
may result from thinning the schedule of reinforcement too abruptly
positive punishment
adding stimuli to decrease behavior
Variable interval schedule of reinforcement
provide a reinforcer at the end of an average passage of time
