History of ABA Flashcards
Empiricism
Theory that knowledge derives from sensory experience
Law of Effect
Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are likely to be repeated. Behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are not likely to be repeated
Classical Conditioning
Learning process in which a neutral stimulus(NS) becomes a conditioned stimulus(CS) through repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus(US)
Stimulus
Any environmental events that elicits a behavioral response
Unconditioned Stimulus(US)
A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response
Conditioned Stimulus(CS)
A preciously neutral stimulus that takes on the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus
Neutral Stimulus(NS)
A stimulus that does not elicit the response of interest
Reflex
An automatic response to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs in all members of a species Also called an unconditioned response
Generalization
Conditioned responding that happens with novel neutral stimuli that was never paired with other conditioned or unconditioned stimuli
Operant Conditioning
Responding is conditioned through manipulation of consequences according to the law of effect
Three-Term Contingency
Behavior is explained by analyzing I according to the antecedent stimuli and the consequences that follow(antecedent-behavior-consequence)
Reinforcers
Desired consequences that result in repetition of the behavior that led to them
Punishers
undesirable consequences that result in decreases in the behavior that led to them
Operant
The basic unit of behavior
Radical Behaviorism
A school of behaviorism that views behavior as a natural event resulting exclusively from interactions with the environment