Chapter 2

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

the portion of an organism’s interaction with its environment that is characterized by detectable displacement in space through time of some part of the organism and that results in a measurable change in a least one aspect of the environment

Question 2

Functional response class

Answer 2

A group of two or more topographically different responses that have some effect on the environment usually producing a specific class of reinforcers.

Question 3

Repertoire

Answer 3

all the behaviors a person can do. Also; a set of knowledge and skills a person has learned that are relevant to particular settings or tasks.

Question 4

environment

Answer 4

everything except the moving parts of the organism involved in the behavior

Question 5

Stimulus

Answer 5

change in the environment that affects an organism through its receptor cells.

Question 6

Stimulus class

Answer 6

any group of stimuli sharing a certain characteristic.

Question 7

Antecedent

Answer 7

stimulus that exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest.

Question 8

consequence

Answer 8

stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.

Question 9

Respondent behavior

Answer 9

behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli

Question 10

Respondent Conditioning

Answer 10

Stimuli can acquire the ability to elicit respondents i.e. Pavlov

Question 11

Reinforcer

Answer 11

a stimulus change that increases the future frequency of behavior that immediately precedes it.

Question 12

automaticity

Answer 12

behavior is modified b y its consequences irrespective of the person’s awareness

Question 13

stimulus control

Answer 13

a situation in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of behavior is altered by the presence of absence of an antecedent stimulus.

Question 14

three-term contingency

Answer 14

antecedent, behavior, consequence

Question 15

The human receptor system

Answer 15

Vision
 Hearing
 Smell
 Taste
 Cutaneous sense
 Kinesthesis
 Vestibular sense
 Organic sense

Question 16

Response

Answer 16

The action of an organisms receptor.

Question 17

Human effectors

Answer 17

muscles and glands

Question 18

Response topography

Answer 18

“The physical form or shape of a response

Question 19

response cycle

Answer 19

The beginning, middle, and end of a response

Question 20

Topographical response class

Answer 20

A group of two or more responses that share a common form

Question 21

Principle of Behavior

Answer 21

Describes a functional relation between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables that has thorough generality across organisms, species, settings, and behaviors

Question 22

Function

Answer 22

The effect of a response on the environment

Question 23

Property

Answer 23

A fundamental quality of a phenomenon

Question 24

Dimensional quanity

Answer 24

A quantifiable aspect of a property

Question 25

Fundamental properties of behavior

Answer 25

Temporal locus
 Temporal extent
 Repeatability
 The combination of temporal locus and temporal extent

Question 26

Dimensional qualities of behavior

Answer 26

Latency
 Duration
 Countability
 Inter-response time
 Rate
 Celeration (acceleration or deceleration

Question 27

Temporal Locus

Answer 27

A response occurs at a certain point in time in relation to a preceding environmental event

Question 28

Temporal Extent

Answer 28

A response occupies time

Question 29

Latency

Answer 29

The amount of time between a stimulus and a response

Question 30

Duration

Answer 30

The amount of time between the beginning and the end of the response cycle

Question 31

Countability

Answer 31

The number of responses or the number of cycles of the response class

Question 32

IRT-inter-response time

Answer 32

The time between two successive responses; Usually, the time elapsed between the end of a response cycle and the beginning of the next response cycle

Question 33

Rate

Answer 33

The ratio of the number of responses over some period of time

Question 34

Celeration

Answer 34

Changes in rate over time. Usually, increases (acceleration) or decreases (deceleration) in rate over time

Question 35

Determinants of behavior

Answer 35

Organic variables (genetics, physical attributes, bio-chemistry, and neurological factors).
 Environmental variables (current environmental events and previous history with these or similar events).

Question 36

Public behavior

Answer 36

Behavior that can be observed by others, even though special instrumentation may be required at times

Question 37

Private Behavior

Answer 37

Behavior that cannot be observed by others; it is only accessible to the organism that is engaging in the private event

Question 38

Classification of Response

Answer 38

Topographical

 Functional

Question 39

Classification of stimuli

Answer 39

Formal
 Temporal
 Functional

Question 40

Organic Variable

Answer 40

• genetics
• physical attributes
• bio-chemical factors
• neurological factors

Question 41

Learning

Answer 41

relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience.