Last unit Flashcards
Define choice
Voluntary behavior occurring in a context in which alternative behaviors are possible
What are the four variables that affect choice
Reinforcement versus no reinforcement reinforcer size/quality
effort
reinforcer delay
Define substitute reinforcer
Reinforce her that is increasingly consumed when access to another reinforcer is constrained
What are the two ways to increase the proportion of behavior allocated to Bernstein’s equation for B1
Increase R one
Decrease R 2
Define discriminated operant behavior
Operant behavior that is systematically influenced by antecedent stimuli
Define discriminative stimulus SD
Antecedent stimulus that can evoke a specific operant response because the individual has learned that when the SD is present that the response will be reinforced
Define S delta
An anticin stimulus that is decreases as specific operate response because the individual has learned that when the S delta is present that the response will not be reinforced extinction
Define the SDP
An antecedent stimulus that decreases a specific operant response because the individual has learned that when the SDP is present that response will be punished. 
Define three-term contingency
ABC contingency the functional relation between antecedent behavior and consequence
Define discrimination training
Procedure in which an operant responses rainforest in the presence of an SD and estinguished in the presence of an S delta.
Define generalization in terms of SD
Another stimulus resembling the SD evokes response despite that response never having been reinforced in the presence of that novels stimulus
What are the four examples that we talked about in class that prevent SD and reinforce the response to teach in the bedroom new discrimination
Baby with lights, rats with explosives, rats and drugs addictive drugs to have same effects, airport dog sniffing for drugs
What is the Hearn Stein’s matching equation
Used an equation to describe how nonhuman animals choose to allocate their behavior between two food choices
Define impulsivity
Choosing the smaller sooner reward and foregoing the larger later reward
Define self control
Choosing a larger later reward and foregoing the smaller sooner reward