Final Exam (got this babes!!) Flashcards
Behavior analysis is the science that studies ____ events that _____ behavior
environmental; modify
Who discovered operant conditioning?
B.F Skinner
what is the principle of public events?
seeking causes of behav in outside events
What is the difference between count and rate
count is a tally of the # of occurences of a behav, rate includes a unit of time (5 times in 1 min.)
what is duration
the amount of time in which a behavior occurs (coughs for 5 seconds)
response latency is the measure of how much time has passed between ____
stimulus and response
What are the 2 forms of time sampling
whole-interval, partial interval, and momentary time sampling
what is partial-interval recording
if the behavior occurs at any time during the interval
which single-subject design is the simplest design?
comparison design; can’t rule out time coincidences or say that treatment is completely responsible for the change in behavior
reversal design looks at baseline, treatment, and ____
reversal
multiple-baseline design looks at across what?
participants, behaviors, and settings
reinforcer is any event that does what two things?
follows a behavior and increases the rate of that behavior
reinforcer is withheld during what to decrease the behavior
extinction
differential reinforcement is a procedure where ____ is reinforced while _____ are extinguished
one behavior; others
what are the 4 factors that make a reinforcer more effective?
contingency, immediately, size, deprivation
fixed-ratio schedule
reinforce the first response after a fixed number of responses
variable-ratio schedule
reinforcing the first response after a variable number of responses
fixed-interval schedule
reinforces the first response after a fixed period of time since prior reinforcement
variable-interval schedule
reinforces the first response after varying period of time
-the mean duration of intervals is used
discrimination training is a procedure in which a behavior is reinforced in the presence of one stimulus and extinguished in _______
one stimulus; another
SD reinforces a behavior because it has been reinforced in the _____ of the stimulus
presence
T/F: s-delta comes after the behavior and is present if extinction occurs
False: it precedes the behavior
stimulus control is what
the increased probability that a discriminated behavior occurs in the presence of a discriminative stimulus
generalization is a ____ while generalization training is a ____
process; procedure
programming
temporary use of prompts to establish generalization to class of stimuli
-different from gen. training because programming uses prompts
primary reinforcers loses effectiveness when?
temporarily through satiation
conditioned reinforcer loses effectiveness when?
when they aren’t paired with presentations
ex. movie ticket, stamp card
punishment is a procedure using a punisher. what is a punisher?
an event that follows a behav and decreases the rate of behav
what is escape?
a behavior that terminates a neg reinforcer
avoidance
a behavior that prevents a neg reinforcer
what are 5 problems with punishment
- doesn’t teach appropriate behaviors
- can result in undesirable emotional response and aggression
- may model undesirable behavior
- can be overused because of neg. reinforcement it provides the punishing agent
- can’t punish not doing something
