Motivating Operations

Question 1

Establishing Operation (EO)

Answer 1

any environment variable that:

(a) alters the effectiveness of some stimulus object or event as a reinforcer
(b) alters the current frequency of all BX that has been reinforcement by that stimulus, object or event

Question 2

value- altering effect

Answer 2

either an increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus object or even in which case the MO is an EO

or a decrease in reinforcing effectiveness in which the MO is an AO

Question 3

behavior- altering effect

Answer 3

Evocative effect:
Increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event

Abative effect:
Decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event

Question 4

recovery from punishment procedure

Answer 4

the occurrence of response without its punisher

Question 5

unconditioned motivating operation (UMO)

Answer 5

food deprivation and painful stimulation

Question 6

reinforcer establishing effects

Answer 6

deprivation with respect to food water oxygent, activity and sleep have these effects

Question 7

reinforcer abolishing effect

Answer 7

food water ingenstion, oxygen intake, engaging in activity and sleeping

Question 8

conditioned motivating operations (CMO)

Answer 8

motivating variables that alter the reinforcing effectiveness of other stimuli, objects, or events but only as a result of learning history

Question 9

surrogate CMO

CMO-S

Answer 9

accomplishes what the MO it was paired with accomplishes

Question 10

transitive CMO

CMO-T

Answer 10

makes something else effective as reinfrocement

Question 11

reflexive COM

CMO-R

Answer 11

alters a relation to itself (makes its own removal effective as reinfrocement)
precedes some form of worsening or improvement

Question 12

motivating operation MO

Answer 12

alters the effectiveness of some stimulus or a reinforcer, the value altering effect
and alters the current frequency of all BX that has been reinforced by that stimulus, the BX altering effects

Question 13

evocative effect

Answer 13

an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating operations.

Question 14

abative effect

Answer 14

a decrease in the current frequency of bx that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating operation

Question 15

abolishing operation

Answer 15

a MO that decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event

Question 16

unpairing

Answer 16

any relationship developed by a pairing procedure can generally be weakened