PRCA 2 Ch.11 Terms

Question 1

When a response is followed immediately by the presentation of a stimulus it is known as

Answer 1

positive reinforcement

Question 2

The stimulus presented as a consequence and responsible for the subsequent increase in responding; and as a result, similar responses occur more frequently in the future is called a

Answer 2

positive reinforcer

Question 3

A form of faulty logic in which the name used to describe an observed effect is mistaken as the cause for the phenomenon is known as

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circular reasoning

Question 4

A behavior reinforcement relation that occurs without the presentation of consequences by other people is known as

Answer 4

automatic reinforcement

Question 5

Making the opportunity to engage in a behavior that occurs at a relatively high free operant ( or baseline) rate contingent on the occurrence of low frequency behavior will function as reinforcement for the low-frequency behavior is the

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premack principle

Question 6

A model for predicting whether aces to one behavior ( the contingent behavior ) will function as reinforcement for another behavior ( the instrumental response) based on the relative baseline rates a which each behavior occurs and whether access to the contingent behavior represents a restriction compared to the baseline level of engagement is known as the

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response-deprivation hypothesis

Question 7

A variety of procedures used to determine (a) the stimuli that the person prefers, (b) the relative preference values of those stimuli ( high preference versus low preference ), and (c) the conditions under which those preference values change when task demands, deprivation states, or schedules of reinforcement are modified is referred to as a

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stimulus preference assessment

Question 8

A variety of direct, data-based methods used to present one or more stimuli contingent on a target response and then measuring the future effects on the rate of responding refers to a

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reinforcer-assessment