Cooper CH 2

Question 1

Antecedent

Answer 1

an environmental condition or stimulus charge existing or occurring to a behavior of interest

Question 2

unconditioned reinforcer

Answer 2

a stimulus or event that strengthens a response without any know history of conditioning

Question 3

stimulus control

Answer 3

change in behavior that occurs when either an SD or S-delta is presented

Question 4

stimulus class

Answer 4

stimuli that vary physically but have a common effect on behavior

Question 5

response class

Answer 5

refers to all forms of performance with a similar function

Question 6

respondent conditioning

Answer 6

when a non-functional event is paired with an unconditioned stimulus

Question 7

repertoire

Answer 7

the behaviors that an organism is capable of performing

Question 8

reinforcer

Answer 8

a stimulus that increases the likeliness to occur again contingent on its removal or presentation

Question 9

reinforcement

Answer 9

the increase in frequency of an operant behavior when it produces reinforcement

Question 10

reflex

Answer 10

respondent behavior elicited by a biologically relevant stimulus

Question 11

punishment

Answer 11

decreases the rate of response when an operant produces punishers

Question 12

punisher

Answer 12

an event or stimulus that decreases the rate of operant behavior

Question 13

positive punishment

Answer 13

when the delivery of a stimulus or event decreases the rate of response

Question 14

operant conditioning

Answer 14

the regulation of behavior by its consequence

Question 15

negative reinforcement

Answer 15

the procedure of maintaining or increasing behavior by removing an aversive stimulus

Question 16

negative punishment

Answer 16

when the removal of a stimulus or event decreases the rate of a response

Question 17

motivating operations

Answer 17

affect relevant learning and performance with respect to a particular reinforcer or aversive condition

Question 18

history of reinforcement

Answer 18

past experiences with reinforcement in a particular context or situation

Question 19

habituation

Answer 19

with repeated presentation of the US, the UR gradually declines in magnitude

Question 20

environment

Answer 20

all the events and stimuli that are detectable by an organism and influence behavior

Question 21

extinction

Answer 21

when the occurrence of a behavior no longer occurs due to the removal of reinforcement

Question 22

discriminative stimulus

Answer 22

an event or stimulus that precedes an operant and sets the occasion for its occurrence (SD)

Question 23

contingency

Answer 23

the relationship between the antecedent, behavior, and consequence

Question 24

Conditioned stimulus

Answer 24

an arbitrary stimulus that is associated with a US to elicit reflexive behavior

Question 25

conditioned reinforcer

Answer 25

an event that is effective beacause of the organisms life history

Question 26

conditioned reflex

Answer 26

Pavlov’s term for reflexive behaviors conditioned to occur before important environmental events

Question 27

behavior

Answer 27

everything an organism does including covert actions like thinking and feeling

Question 28

aversive stimulus

Answer 28

environmental stimulus or even an organism escapes or avoids