recall test

Question 1

operant behavior

Answer 1

under voluntary control and operates on the environment

Question 2

operant conditioning

Answer 2

increasing or decreasing a behaviors frequency depending on the consequences for emitting that behavior

a learning process that uses reinforcement or punishment to modify voluntary behaviors

Question 3

generalized conditioned reinforcer

Answer 3

reinforcer that has been paired with more than one already established reinforcer

Question 4

premack principle

Answer 4

the opportunity to perform a more probable (or higher frequency) behavior is made contingent upon the performance of a less probable (or lower frequency) behavior, the probability (or frequency) of the latter should increase

aka:
any high frequency behavior (in which an animal engages in freely) can be a reinforcing behavior for any low frequency behavior

Question 5

DRO

Answer 5

differential reinforcement of other behavior: reinforcing any behavior other than the undesirable behavior

Question 6

DRI

Answer 6

differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior: reinforcing a behavior that cannot physically be performed at the same time as the undesirable behavior

Question 7

DRA

Answer 7

differential reinforcement of alternative behavior: reinforcing behavior that serves as a desirable alternative (serving the same purpose) for the undesirable behavior

Question 8

classical conditioning

Answer 8

a learning process that associates a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that produces a natural response

Question 9

four contingencies of operant conditioning

Answer 9

function:
1) increase behavior
2) decrease behavior

operation:
1) addition
2) subtraction

Question 10

positive reinforcement

Answer 10

adding/increasing a pleasant stimulus

(e.g. providing fish to an animal for successfully completing a behavior asked of them)

Question 11

negative reinforcement

Answer 11

removal/decrease of an aversive stimulus

(e.g. taking away a net once an animal swims into the med pool)

Question 12

positive punishment

Answer 12

addition/increase of an aversive stimulus

(e.g. adding a net to the water when an animal will not swim through a gate)

Question 13

negative punishment

Answer 13

removal/decrease of a pleasant stimulus

(e.g. a trainer steps up from session because the animal egressed on them)