SAFMEDS Flashcards
A decrease in the current frequency of behavior that
has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased
in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating
operation.
abative effect
A motivating operation that decreases the
reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus,
object, or event.
abolishing operation
An alteration in the current frequency of behavior
that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is
altered in effectiveness by the same motivating
operation.
behavior-altering effect
A motivating operation whose value-altering effect depends on a learning
history.
conditioned motivating
operation
A motivating operation that increases the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or
event as a reinforcer.
establishing operation
An increase in the current frequency of behavior that
has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased
in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivation
operation.
evocative effect
A relatively permanent change in an organism’s
repertoire of MO, stimulus, and response relations,
caused by reinforcement, punishment, an extinction,
procedure, or a recovery from punishment procedure.
function-altering effect
An environmental variable that a) alters the reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object or event; and b) alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event.
motivating operation
The occurrence of a previously punished type of response without its punishing consequence. This procedure is analogous to the extinction of previously reinforced behavior and has the effect of undoing the effect of the punishment.
recovery from punishment
procedure
A stimulus that acquires MO effectiveness by preceding some form of worsening or improvement. It is exemplified by the warning stimulus in a typical escape-avoidance procedure, which establishes its own offset as reinforcement and evokes all behavior that has accomplished that offset.
reflexive conditioned
motivating operation
Trained: A > B and B > C
Derived: A > C and C < A
Combinatorial Entailment
Two or more stimulus relations
can mutually combine
Combinatorial Entailment
An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the class vary considerably
Generalized Operant
Individual is given multiple opportunities to make a
response in a given context, the irrelevant features of
the task vary across opportunities, but the condition
for obtaining reinforcement remains the same
Multiple Exemplar Training
Trained: A > B
Derived: B < A
Mutual Entailment
A relation in one direction between two
stimuli (e.g., A to B) entails a relation in
the other direction (e.g., B to A)
Mutual Entailment
A generalized pattern of relational responding that is
arbitrarily applicable and has the properties of
mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment, and
transformation of stimulus function
Relational Frame
Responding to one stimulus based on its
relation to another stimulus or stimuli
Relational Responding
The functions a stimulus has for a person
can be changed on the basis of how it is
related to other stimuli
Transformation of Stimulus
Functions
A type of controlling variable that is usually a listener
in the presence of whom verbal behavior is typically
reinforced and that controls a group of response
forms
Audience
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is writing or printing, the controlling variable is a response-product of previous writing behavior, there is point-to-point correspondence between the controlling
variable and the response, and there is formal similarity between the controlling variable and the response-product
Copying a Text
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is vocal and controlled by a prior auditory stimulus, there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response, and there is formal similarity between the stimulus and the response-product
Echoic Behavior
An environmental change or event that precedes the
response to which it is functionally related and
increases the effectiveness
Establishing Operation
When a controlling variable evokes a response and
there is point-to-point correspondence between the
controlling variable and the response
Formal Control
A relationship between (1) a stimulus that evokes a response and (2) the response-product of that response in which the stimulus and the response-product are both in the same modality and their
physical patterns or sequences resemble one another
Formal Similarity
A verbal response in which the controlling variable is
a verbal stimulus, and there is NO point-to-point
correspondence between the stimulus and the
response
Intraverbal
A verbal response in which the form of the response is controlled by an establishing operation
Mand
A stimulus change that occurs after a response has
been emitted, increases the future probability of that
response, and results from the action of another
individual
Mediated Reinforcement
A relationship between a discriminative stimulus and the response it controls in which both the stimulus and response have two or more components and each component of the stimulus controls a specific component of the response
Point-to-Point Correspondence
A stimulus that is the result of someone’s behavior
Response Product
A verbal response in which the controlling variable is a non-verbal stimulus
Tact
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is writing, the controlling variable is a response-product of someone’s prior vocal behavior, and there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
Taking Dictation
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is vocal, the response is controlled by a prior stimulus that is the response product of writing behavior, and there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
Textual Behavior
When a controlling variable evokes a response but
there is NO point-to-point correspondence between
the controlling variable and the response
Thematic Control
Behavior reinforced through the mediation of
another person who has been specifically
trained to provide such reinforcement
Verbal Behavior
A physical energy change capable of affecting an
organism’s sensory receptors that has a specific form
or pattern which as a unit has controlling
effectiveness and is the result of verbal behavior
Verbal Stimulus
A decrease in the reinforcing effectiveness
of a stimulus, object or event caused by a
motivating operation.
reinforcer-abolishing effect
An increase in the reinforcing effectiveness
of a stimulus, object, or event caused by a
motivating operation.
reinforcer-establishing effect
An alteration in the future frequency of behavior that
has been reinforced by the stimulus that is altered in
effectiveness by the same motivating operation.
repertoire altering effect
A stimulus that acquires its MO effectiveness by being
paired with another MO and has the same value-altering and behavior-altering effects as the MO with
which it was paired.
surrogate conditioned
motivating operation
An environmental variable that, as a result of a learning history, establishes or abolishes the reinforcing effectiveness of another stimulus and evokes or abates the behavior that has been reinforced by that other stimulus.
transitive conditioned
motivating operation
A motivating operation whose value-altering effect does not depend on a learning history.
unconditioned motivating
operation
Two kinds: a) The occurrence alone of a stimulus that acquired its function by being paired with an already effective stimulus, or b) the occurrence of the stimulus in the absence as well as in the presence of the effective stimulus.
unpairing
An alteration in the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event
as a result of a motivating operation.
value-altering effect
