BEHV 101 Week 7

Question 1

Motivating Operation (MO)

Answer 1

Stimules that:
(a) Alters the effectiveness of some stimulus as a reinforcer, and
(b) Alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus

Question 2

Establishing Operation

Answer 2

A Motivating Operation (MO) that results in an increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus

Question 3

Value-Altering Effect

Answer 3

Increase or decrease in reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus

Question 4

Behavior-Altering Effect

Answer 4

Increase or decrease in CURRENT frequency of a behavior that has been reinforced by a stimulus

Question 5

Function-Altering Effect

Answer 5

Change in organism’s repertoire of MO, stimulus & response relations caused by learning history

Question 6

Reinforcer-Abolishing Effect

Answer 6

A decrease in reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus caused by a MO

Question 7

Reinforcer-Establishing Effect

Answer 7

An increase in reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus caused by a MO

Question 8

Evocative Effect

Answer 8

Increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus

Question 9

Abative Effect

Answer 9

Decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus

Question 10

Abolishing Operation (AO)

Answer 10

MO that results in a decrease in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus

Question 11

Unconditioned Motivating Operation (UMO)

Answer 11

Stimulus conditions that acquire their value- and behavior-altering effects as a result of the person’s evolutionary history/is unlearned

Question 12

Conditioned Motivating Operation (CMO)

Answer 12

MOs that alter the reinforcing effectiveness of other stimuli as a result of learning history

Question 13

Surrogate CMO (CMO-S)

Answer 13

Accomplishes the same outcome as the MO with which it was paired

EXAMPLE: Time on the clock influences the reinforcing value of food

Question 14

Reflexive CMO (CMO-R)

Answer 14

Alters the values of its own removal or continued presence as a type of reinforcement or punishment

EXAMPLE: Delivery of a demand establishes the reinforcing value of its removal

Question 15

Transitive CMO (CMO-T)

Answer 15

Alters the value of another stimulus or event as a type of reinforcement or punishment

EXAMPLE: Presence of a lock on a fridge establishes the reinforcing value of a key when access to food is valuable as a source of reinforcement

Question 16

MO Unpairing

Answer 16

Presenting CMO-S without the effective MO