Mid-Term Exam: Terms

Question 1

Applied Behavioral Analysis

Answer 1

The attempt to solve behavior problems by providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior.

Question 2

Overt Behavior

Answer 2

Behavior that can be observed by someone other than the person performing it. (ex. talking to another person)

Question 3

Covert Behavior

Answer 3

Behavior that can be observed only by the person performing it. (ex. internal monologue)

Question 4

Reflexive Behavior

Answer 4

Behavior that is most readily influenced by events that precede it. (aka- respondent behavior) (ex. jumping at a loud noise)

Question 5

Operant Behavior

Answer 5

Behavior that is readily influenced by events that follow it. (ex. walking, talking, writing)

Question 6

Behavioral Repetoire

Answer 6

All the things an individual is capable of doing at any given moment.

Question 7

Environmental Event

Answer 7

Any event in a person’s environment that can be observed. (often referred to as experiences)

Question 8

Behavioral Antecedent

Answer 8

Environmental events that occur before a behavior.

Question 9

Behavioral Consequence

Answer 9

Environmental events that occur after a behavior. (aka- postcedent)

Question 10

Observed Behavior

Answer 10

Behavior that can be noted by an individual. (ex. conscious thoughts vs. unconscious thoughts)

Question 11

Respondent Behavior

Answer 11

Same as reflexive behavior (Behavior that is most readily influenced by events that precede it.) Involuntary.

Question 12

Medical Model in Behavior

Answer 12

The view that behavior problems are merely symptoms of an underlying psychological disorder.

Question 13

Symptom Substitution in Behavior

Answer 13

The idea that if a behavior problem is solved without resolving the underlying psychological disorder, another behavior problem will take its place. There is only anecdotal evidence for its existence, and in reality SS is extremely rare, if it happens at all.

Question 14

Single Case Experimental Design

Answer 14

A research design in which behavior of an individual is compared under experimental and control conditions. (p. 65)

Question 15

ABAB Reversal Design

Answer 15

A single case design in which baseline and intervention conditions are repeated with the same person. (p. 71) (sometimes inadvisable to perform based on the nature of the behavior being corrected)

Question 16

Law of Effect

Answer 16

In any given situation, the probability of a behavior occurring is a function of the consequences that behavior has had in that situation in the past. (Tl;dr- Behavior is a function of its consequences.)

Question 17

Law of Readiness

Answer 17

Individuals learn best when they are
physically, mentally, and emotionally
ready to learn, AND They do not learn well if they see no
reason for learning.

Question 18

Bartlett’s Study of Memory Reconstruction

Answer 18

We don’t recall memories as much as we reconstruct them from what we deemed important and the meaning they put on the information that they are remembering.