Malott 22

Question 1

rule

Answer 1

states occasion, response, consequence- description of the contingency

Question 2

reinforcement by the presentation of reinforcers

Answer 2

if a reinforcer follows a behavior within 60 seconds, that behavior increases in the future

Question 3

rule control

Answer 3

statement of a rule controls the response described in that rule

Question 4

rule-governed behavior

Answer 4

behavior under the control of a rule

Question 5

contingency control

Answer 5

direct control of behavior by a contingency without the involvement of rules

Question 6

direct-acting contingencies

Answer 6

the outcome of the response reinforces or punishes that response; the reinforcement comes within 60 seconds

Question 7

indirect-acting contingencies

Answer 7

a contingency that controls the behavior, though the behavior’s outcome doesn’t reinforce/punish that response (rule-governed behavior)

Question 8

ineffective contingency

Answer 8

a contingency that does not control behavior

Question 9

rule-governed analog to a behavioral contingency

Answer 9

a change in the frequency of a behavior because of a rule describing the contingency (basically, a behavioral contingency governed by a rule instead of being direct)

Question 10

deadline

Answer 10

adding deadlines makes it into an avoidance contingency. time before the deadline is an SD (discriminated avoidance contingency) or a nondiscriminated avoidance contingency

Question 11

analog

Answer 11

when 2 procedures are alike in some ways and not in other ways

Question 12

conditional aversive stimulus

Answer 12

something is only aversive in certain situations (it’s only aversive to be away from home when mom is calling, because he knows the rule that the call means he should be home)

Question 13

why do we procrastinate

Answer 13

approaching the deadline is aversive if we haven’t worked, but working gets rid of the aversiveness (which wasn’t so bad until the deadline became close)