Chapter 12

Question 1

avoidance contingency

Answer 1

• delays an presentation of a stimulus

Question 2

conditioned negative reinforcer

Answer 2

• a stimulus that when taken away, because of previous history, increase the likelihood of a target behavior

Question 3

discriminated avoidance

Answer 3

• SD that negative reinforcer is available for a particular behavior

Question 4

escape contingency

Answer 4

• terminates an ongoing stimulus

Question 5

free-operant avoidance

Answer 5

-avoidancebehavior happening at any time

Question 6

negative reinforcement

Answer 6

• an event when delivered as a consequence, increase a behavior by removing a stimulus

Question 7

unconditioned negative reinforcer

Answer 7

• a stimulus that when taken away, with no previous history, increase the likelihood of a target behavior