SAFMEDS

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

abative effect

Question 2

A motivating operation that decreases the
reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus,
object, or event.

Answer 2

abolishing operation

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

behavior-altering effect

Question 4

A motivating operation whose value-altering effect depends on a learning
history.

Answer 4

conditioned motivating
operation

Question 5

A motivating operation that increases the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or
event as a reinforcer.

Answer 5

establishing operation

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

evocative effect

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

function-altering effect

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

motivating operation

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

recovery from punishment
procedure

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

reflexive conditioned
motivating operation

Question 11

Trained: A > B and B > C
Derived: A > C and C < A

Answer 11

Combinatorial Entailment

Question 12

Two or more stimulus relations
can mutually combine

Answer 12

Combinatorial Entailment

Question 13

An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the class vary considerably

Answer 13

Generalized Operant

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Multiple Exemplar Training

Question 15

Trained: A > B
Derived: B < A

Answer 15

Mutual Entailment

Question 16

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)

Answer 16

Mutual Entailment

Question 17

A generalized pattern of relational responding that is
arbitrarily applicable and has the properties of
mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment, and
transformation of stimulus function

Answer 17

Relational Frame

Question 18

Responding to one stimulus based on its
relation to another stimulus or stimuli

Answer 18

Relational Responding

Question 19

The functions a stimulus has for a person
can be changed on the basis of how it is
related to other stimuli

Answer 19

Transformation of Stimulus
Functions

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Audience

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Copying a Text

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Echoic Behavior

Question 23

An environmental change or event that precedes the
response to which it is functionally related and
increases the effectiveness

Answer 23

Establishing Operation

Question 24

When a controlling variable evokes a response and
there is point-to-point correspondence between the
controlling variable and the response

Answer 24

Formal Control

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Formal Similarity

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Intraverbal

Question 27

A verbal response in which the form of the response is controlled by an establishing operation

Answer 27

Mand

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Mediated Reinforcement

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Point-to-Point Correspondence

Question 30

A stimulus that is the result of someone’s behavior

Answer 30

Response Product

Question 31

A verbal response in which the controlling variable is a non-verbal stimulus

Answer 31

Tact

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Taking Dictation

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Textual Behavior

Question 34

When a controlling variable evokes a response but
there is NO point-to-point correspondence between
the controlling variable and the response

Answer 34

Thematic Control

Question 35

Behavior reinforced through the mediation of
another person who has been specifically
trained to provide such reinforcement

Answer 35

Verbal Behavior

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Verbal Stimulus

Question 37

A decrease in the reinforcing effectiveness
of a stimulus, object or event caused by a
motivating operation.

Answer 37

reinforcer-abolishing effect

Question 38

An increase in the reinforcing effectiveness
of a stimulus, object, or event caused by a
motivating operation.

Answer 38

reinforcer-establishing effect

Question 39

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.

Answer 39

repertoire altering effect

Question 40

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.

Answer 40

surrogate conditioned
motivating operation

Question 41

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.

Answer 41

transitive conditioned
motivating operation

Question 42

A motivating operation whose value-altering effect does not depend on a learning history.

Answer 42

unconditioned motivating
operation

Question 43

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.

Answer 43

unpairing

Question 44

An alteration in the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event
as a result of a motivating operation.

Answer 44

value-altering effect