Behavior & Environment

Question 1

Behavior Analysis

Answer 1

Natural science of behavior

Question 2

Behavior

Answer 2

Any activity of a living organism
[dead-man test]

Question 3

Operant Behavior

Answer 3

Voluntary behavior
All behavior controlled by its consequences (behavior influenced by the outcomes it produces)

Question 4

Involuntary Behavior (respondent behavior)

Answer 4

All behavior that is reflexive/automatic
(Not learned through consequences)

Question 5

Overt Behavior

Answer 5

(Public events)
Behavior observable to another individual
(Cooking, reading, playing,

Question 6

Covert behavior [ private events]

Answer 6

Activities only observable to the individual doing these activities (thinking, planning, memorizing a list)

Question 7

Response

Answer 7

An instance of behavior

Question 8

Topography

Answer 8

The shape/form of the response

Example) several topographies for drinking water

Question 9

Operant Class (behavior analysis)

Answer 9

The set of responses that result in the same consequence

Operant class = asking for help in a math problem
Response 1 = HELP!!!
Response 2 = shrugs
Response 3 = I can’t :/
Response 4 = help sign 🪧
GETS HELP FROM ALL OF THESE

Question 10

Contingency

Answer 10

A causal relation

X -> Y
If x, then y

Question 11

Three-Term Contingency

Answer 11

The functional relationship among the Antecedent, behavior, and consequence (ABC)

Antecedent -> Behavior -> Consequence

        \                              /
             Environment

Question 12

Direct observation

Answer 12

Methods for objectively observing & measuring behavior

Question 13

Self-Report observations

Answer 13

Observer relies on an individual’s memory of the behavior