BEHV 101 Week 2

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

Activity of an organism

Question 2

Response

Answer 2

Instance of behavior

Question 3

Stimulus

Answer 3

Energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells

Question 4

Stimuli

Answer 4

Plural of stimulus

Question 5

Response class

Answer 5

Group of responses w/ the same function

Question 6

Stimulus class

Answer 6

Group of stimuli w/ common elements

Question 7

Environment

Answer 7

Physical setting in which the organism exists

Question 8

Repertoire

Answer 8

All behaviors a person can do

Question 9

Response topography

Answer 9

Physical form or shape of a behavior

Question 10

Function

Answer 10

Behaviors have a common effect on the environment

Question 11

Selectionism

Answer 11

All forms of life evolve as a result of selection w/ respect to function

Question 12

Antecedent

Answer 12

Occur PRIOR TO the behavior of interest

Question 13

Consequence

Answer 13

Stimulus that FOLLOWS a behavior of interest

Question 14

Respondent behavior

Answer 14

Behavior ELICITED by antecedent stimuli

Question 15

Reflex

Answer 15

UNLEARNED stimulus-response relation

Question 16

Respondent conditioning

Answer 16

New stimuli acquire the ability to ELICIT respondents

Question 17

US

Answer 17

Unconditioned stimulus

Question 18

Unconditioned stimuli

Answer 18

Do not need conditioning to elicit respondent behavior

Question 19

Neutral stimuli

Answer 19

Have no impact on occurrence of behavior

Question 20

CS

Answer 20

Conditioned stimuli

Question 21

Conditioned stimuli

Answer 21

Ellicit respondent behavior through stimulus-stimulus pairing

Question 22

Respondent extinction

Answer 22

Unpairing

Question 23

Operant behavior

Answer 23

Behavior determined by its history of consequences

Question 24

Operant behavior is……..

Answer 24

Emitted

Question 25

Operant conditioning

Answer 25

Process & selective effects of consequences on behavior

Question 26

Reinforcement

Answer 26

Response followed by a stimulus change resulting in increase in behavior

Question 27

Positive reinforcement

Answer 27

Stimulus presented, behavior increases

Question 28

Negative reinforcement

Answer 28

Aversive stimulus removed, behavior increases

Question 29

Aversive stimulus

Answer 29

Stimulus whose termination functions as reinforcement

Question 30

Reinforcer

Answer 30

Stimulus is presented or removed, behavior increases

Question 31

Punishment

Answer 31

Response followed by stimulus change that decreases future frequency of response

Question 32

Positive punishment

Answer 32

Punisher presented, behavior decreases

Question 33

Negative punishment

Answer 33

Punisher removed, behavior decreases

Question 34

Phylogeny

Answer 34

Innate

Question 35

Ontogeny

Answer 35

Learned

Question 36

Extinction

Answer 36

Reinforcement withheld, behavior decreases

Question 37

3-term contingency

Answer 37

Antecedent-behavior-consequence

Question 38

Unconditioned reinforcer

Answer 38

Primary reinforcer, no pairing

Question 39

Conditioned reinforcer

Answer 39

Secondary reinforcer; requires pairing

Question 40

Unconditioned punisher

Answer 40

Stimulus change functions as punisher w/out pairing

Question 41

Conditioned punishers

Answer 41

Stimulus change functions as a punisher due to pairing

Question 42

Deprivation

Answer 42

Lack of exposure to a given stimulus

Question 43

Satiation

Answer 43

Reinforcer loses its effectiveness due to overuse

Question 44

Rule-governed behavior

Answer 44

Behavior controlled by verbal statements

Question 45

Contingency-shaped behavior

Answer 45

Behavior controlled by experience w/ contingencies

Question 46

Discriminative stimulus (SD)

Answer 46

Signals reinforcement is available

Question 47

Punisher

Answer 47

Stimulus is presented or removed, behavior decreases