SAFMEDS Flashcards
adjunctive behavior
schedule-induced behavior
conjunctive schedule
reinforcement delivered when both requirements of a ratio and interval schedule are met
alternative schedule
reinforcement delivered when EITHER requirements of ratio or interval schedule is met regardless of which occurs first
tandem schedule
identical to chained schedules, but there is no SD.
mixed schedule
identical to multiple schedules, but there is no SD.
chained schedule
similar to a multiple schedule, but basic schedules always occur in the same sequence. SD tied to each schedule.
multiple schedule
two or more schedules presented in alternating sequences. SD tied to each schedule.
matching law
response allocation to choices available on concurrent schedule.
concurrent schedule
two or more schedules operate simultaneously but independently, each for a different response.
compound schedule
two or more basic schedules combined into one schedule.
progressive-ratio schedule of reinforcement
variation of FR; increases ratio requirements incrementally within the session.
progressive schedules of reinforcement
reinforcement opportunities successively thinned independent of behavior
lag schedule
reinforcement for response variability.
hypothetical constructs
presumed entities not manipulated in an experiment
discriminative stimulus
reinforcement available
behavior
activity of an organism
premack principle
first this behavior, then this behavior
s delta
reinforcement not available
differential reinforcement of other behavior, DRO
reinforcement delivered for absence of target behavior
differential reinforcement of alternative behavior, DRA
reinforcement delivered when an alternative behavior occurs.
replication
repeating experiments.
US
unconditioned stimulus
neutral stimuli
have no impact on occurrence of behavior
antecedent
occur prior to the behavior of interest
environment
physical setting in which organism exists
effective
behavior must improve to a practical degree
parsimony
all simple explanations ruled out before using complex explanations
3 term contingency
antecedent, behavior, consequnce
experimentation
basic strategy of most sciences
methodological behaviorism
stimulus-response psychology
discriminative stimulus- SD
signals availability of reinforcement
behaviorism according to Watson
methodological behaviorsim
reflex
unlearned stimulus-response relation
conditioned stimuli
elicit respondent behavior through stimulus-stimulus pairing
selectionsim
all forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to function
analytic
functional relation between manipulated events and some dimension of behavior
technological
procedures described in terms of principles from which they were derived
experimental analysis of behavior
natural science approach to the study of behavior
generalized conditioned reinforcers
paired with many unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers
reinforcement
response followed by a stimulus change resulting in increases in behavior
