Operant Consequences

Question 1

Law of Effect

Answer 1

Thorndike. Organisms learn througn the consequences of their actions.

Question 2

Operant Behavior

Answer 2

Behavior that has an effect on the environment, and is primarily under the control of its consequences.

Question 3

Operant Selection

Answer 3

The process of behavioral variability, selection by consequences, and behaviroal reproduction occurs throughout the organism’s lifetime.

Question 4

Simplest type of operant contingency

Answer 4

R-S (Response-Stimulus)

Question 5

Reinforcement

Answer 5

An environmental change that follows a response and increases or maintains the future frequency of that behavior

Question 6

Punishment

Answer 6

Occurs when stimulus change immediately follows a response and decreases the future frequency of that type of behavior in similar conditions.

Question 7

Positive reinforcement

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An environemental change in which a stimulus is added or magnified following a response, that increases the future frequency of that response.

Question 8

Negative reinforcment

Answer 8

An environmental change in which a stimulus is subtracted (withdrawn or removed) or attenduated following a response, and which increases or maintains the future frequency of that behavior.

Question 9

SR+

Answer 9

Unconditioned Positive Reinforcement

Question 10

Sr+

Answer 10

Conditioned Positive Reinforcement.

Question 11

SR-

Answer 11

Unconditioned Negative Reinforcement

Question 12

Sr-

Answer 12

Conditioned Negative Reinforcement

Question 13

SP+

Answer 13

Unconditioned Positive Punishment

Question 14

Sp+

Answer 14

Conditioned Positive Punishment

Question 15

SP-

Answer 15

Unconditioned Negative Punishment

Question 16

Sp-

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Conditioned Negative Punishment

Question 17

Extinction

Answer 17

The discontinuing of a reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior.

Question 18

Automaticity

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Behavior is modified by its consequences irrespective of the person’s awareness

Question 19

Premack Principle

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If the opportunity to engage in a “preferred” or “high probability” behavior is made contingent on engaging in a “less preferred” behavior, the future duration of the “less preferred” behavior will increase

Question 20

Reinforcer

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A stimulus that, when presented following a response, increase or maintains the future frequency of the response.

Question 21

Unconditioned Reinforcer

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A stimulus that, usually, is reinforcing without any prior learning; that is, its effect is due to phylogenic provenance

Question 22

Conditioned Reinforcer

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A stimulus that initially has no innate reinforcing properties, but acquires reinforcing properties through pairing with unconditioned reinforcers or powerful conditioned reinforcers

Question 23

Generalized Conditioned Reinforcer

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A conditioned reinforcer that has been paired with a variety of other reinforcers and which is effective for a wide range of behaviors

Question 24

Escape

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Behavior that terminates an aversive stimulus

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Avoidance

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Terminates a “warning” stimulus; prevents or delays the onset of the aversive stimulus

Question 26

warning stimulus

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A conditioned aversive stimulus whose presence is correlated with the upcoming onset of an unconditioned aversive stimulus

Question 27

unsignaled avoidance

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No clear warning stimulus, but a response can still delay or prevent the occurence of the aversive event

Question 28

Automatic Reinforcement

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The response itself directly produces the reinforcing consequence. That is, the consequence is NOT mediated by another person.

Question 29

Socially Mediated Reinforcement

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The consequence is mediated by another person

Question 30

Schedule of Reinforcemetn

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Specifies the criteria for reinforcement in terms or number of response required and/or when the response occurs.

Question 31

Planned reinforcement

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A person explicitly arrange the contingency

Question 32

Unplanned reinforcement

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The contingency was not explicity arranged

Question 33

Operant Extinction

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The process by which a previously reinforced behavior is weakened by witholding reinforcement.

Question 34

Operant Spontaneous Recovery

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The sudden and temporary reappearence of a behavior following extinction

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Resurgence

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The reappearence of a previously extinguished behavior during the extinction of a more recently reinforced behavior

Question 36

Unconditioned Punisher

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A stimulus that, usually, is punishing without any prior learning; that is, its effect is due to phylogenic provenance

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Conditioned Punisher

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A stimulus that initially has no innate punishing properties, but acquires punishing properties through pairing with unconditoned punishers or powerful condition punishers.

Question 38

Positive Punisher

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An environmental change in which a stimluls is added or magnified following a response, that decreases the future frequency of that response

Question 39

Negative Punishment

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An environmental change in which a stimulus is removed or attenuated following a response which decrease the future frequency of that behavior

Question 40

Time out from positive reinforcement

Answer 40

A procedure based on the principle of negative punishment; the organism cannot access generally specific reinforcers

Question 41

Recovery from Punishment

Answer 41

The process by which a previously punished behavior is strengthened by withholding punishment.