Quiz 14 - Malott 27, 28

Question 1

transfer of training

Answer 1

a behavior established at one time in one place now occurs (has transferred to) a different time and place

Question 2

intervention package

Answer 2

do many intervention/training techniques, with the idea that one will work- it doesn’t matter which one

Question 3

generalization

Answer 3

when you train a particular type of behavior and it generalizes to other situations

Question 4

self reinforcing

Answer 4

acknowledging yourself for doing a good job

Question 5

performance maintenance

Answer 5

the continuing of performance after it was first established

Question 6

myth of perpetual behavior intervention

Answer 6

psychoanalytic point of view that once you modify a behavior, that behavior maintains itself forever without more behavioral interventions

Question 7

myth of limitless intermittent reinforcement

Answer 7

start off wit continuous reinforcement, then move on to a schedule through a variable ratio and make it bigger and bugger until you basically never reinforce them again- this can extinguish behavior. in reality you shouldn’t go higher than 10

Question 8

generalized reinforcer

Answer 8

a reinforcer that can be found in many places

Question 9

behavior trap

Answer 9

add a reinforcement contingency to whatever you’re already using in order to increase the rate of behavior; then the behavior will maintain even when you stop your contingency (ex: monkey bars)

Question 10

perpetual performance contract

Answer 10

written rule statement describing the desired/undesired behavior, the occasion when it should/shouldn’t occur, and the behavior’s outcome

Question 11

preferred type of reinforcement

Answer 11

continuous

Question 12

direct acting contingencies

Answer 12

a contingency in which the outcome of the response reinforces or punishes that response

Question 13

how to change behavior without training

Answer 13

change the environment

Question 14

principle of resistance to extinction

Answer 14

intermittent reinforcement makes the behavior more resistant to extinction than does continuous reinforcement

Question 15

resistance to extinction

Answer 15

the amount of responses/time before a response extinguishes

Question 16

myth of intermittent reinforcement

Answer 16

you can gradually reduce the frequency of reinforcement until the behavior maintains without reinforcement

Question 17

law of effect

Answer 17

our behavior will stop if not reinforced

Question 18

two important components of transfer

Answer 18

1. situation of intervention is similar to the client’s normal environment
2. normal environment maintains the behavior change

Question 19

stimulus discrimination/stimulus control

Answer 19

a behavior occurs more in the presence of one stimulus than in the presence of another, as a result of discrimination training procedure

Question 20

stimulus generalization

Answer 20

behavioral contingencies in the presence of one stimulus affect the frequency of the behavior in the presence of another stimulus

Question 21

stimulus matching

Answer 21

selecting a comparison stimulus equal to a sample stimulus

Question 22

transfer

Answer 22

performance in a test setting is similar to that established in a training setting

Question 23

difference between nonverbal and verbal maintenance and transfer

Answer 23

verbal: both involve rules
nonverbal: maintain through behavior trap/added contingencies, and transfer through stimulus and response similarity

Question 24

intervention package

Answer 24

addition or change of several IVs at the same time to achieve a desired result, without testing the effect of each variable individually