Set 1 Flashcards

1
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Unconditioned Stimulus (1)

A

A stimulus that elicits a biological reflex (1)

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Conditioned Stimulis (3)

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A previously neutral stimulus (1)
Paired with an US (1)
Comes to elicit a reflex (1)

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3
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Respondent Conditioning (3)

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US elicits UR (1)
NS-US pairing (1)
NS elicits CR (1)

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4
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Learning (4)

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Acquisition, change and maintenance of behaviour (3) due to lifetime events (1)

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5
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Reflex (3)

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Respondent behaviour (1)
Elicited by biologically relevant stimuli (1)
Can be conditioned (1)

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Behaviour (2)

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Everything an organism does (1)

Includes thinking and feeling (1)

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Negative Punishment (3)

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The removal of a positive stimulus (1)
Response cost (1)
Decreases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring again (1)

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8
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Discriminative Stimulus (2)

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Antecedent (1)

Signals that consequences are available for a behaviour (1)

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9
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Respondent Extinction (2)

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Presentation of the CS without the US (1)

Decline in the strength if the conditioned response (1)

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Positive Reinforcement (2)

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The application of a positive stimulus (1)

Increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring again (1)

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Positive Punishment (2)

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The application of a negative stimulus (1)

Decreases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring again (1)

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12
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Negative Reinforcements (2)

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The removal of a negative stimulus (1)

Increases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring again (1)

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13
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Operant Extinction (2)

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Withholding of a previously available reinforcer (1)

Behaviour eventually stops (1)

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14
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Extinction Burst (4)

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Increased frequency, intensity and variability of behaviour at the beginning of extinction (4)

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15
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Applied Behaviour Analysis (1)

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The use of behavioural principles to solve practical problems (1)

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16
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Motivating Operation (3)

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Context (1)
Changes the value of a reinforcer (1)
Establishes of abolishes (1)

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17
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Habituation (1)

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Decrease in the UR following repeated presentation of the US (1)

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18
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Blocking (2)

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Current CS blocks conditioning of a NS (1)

In a compound stimulus (1)

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19
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Latent Inhibition (1)

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Familiar stimuli take longer to become CS (1)

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20
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Stimulus Generalisation (1)

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The tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus (1)

21
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Stimulus Discrimilation (1)

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Different responses to different stimuli (1)

22
Q

Spontaneous Recovery (3)

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Increased response magnitude (1)
to the US or the CS following (1)
Habituation or Respondent Extinction (1)

23
Q

Shaping (1)

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Reinforcing successive approximations of the target behaviour (1)

24
Q

Intermittent Reinforcement (2)

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Behaviour NOT reinforced every time (1)

MORE resistant to extinction (1)

25
Q

Ratio Reinforcement Schedule (2)

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Reinforcer provided after a number of responses (1)

Fixed or Variable (1)

26
Q

Interval Reinforcement Schedule (2)

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Reinforcer provided for FIRST response after a period of time (1)
Fixed or Variable (1)

27
Q

Continuous Reinforcement Schedule (2)

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Reinforcement provided after EVERY TIME a behaviour occurs (1)
LESS resistant to extinction (1)

28
Q

Rule-Governed-Behaviour (3)

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Governed by verbal rules (1)
Consequences not necessarily experienced directly (1)
Less sensitive to contingency changes (1)

29
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Contingency-Shaped-Behaviour (2)

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Shaped by consequences (1)

More sensitive to contingency changes (1)

30
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Temporal discounting (2)

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The value of a consequence decreases (1)

As the delay to the consequence increases (1)

31
Q

Concurrent Reinforcement Schedule (1)

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2 or more reinforcement schedules available simultaneously (1)

32
Q

Four-Term Contingency (4)

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Motivating Operation (1)
Discriminative Stimulus (1)
Behaviour (1)
Reinforcer/Punisher (1)

33
Q

Three ways to measure behaviour (3)

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Event Sampling (1)
Time Sampling (1)
Duration (1)
34
Q

Verbal Behaviour (3)

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Verbal, Written, or Signed (1)
Reinforced by the Verbal Community (1)
Functional (1)

35
Q

Echoic (1)

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Verbal behaviour that echos its proceeding verbal stimulus (1)

36
Q

Functional Communication (2)

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Teaching alternative ways to communicate (1)

Based on the function of the communication (1)

37
Q

Tact (2)

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Verbal behaviour that DOESN’T specify its reinforcer (1)

Maintained by social consequences (1)

38
Q

Mand (2)

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Verbal behaviour that specifies its reinforcer (1)

Like a demand (1)

39
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Functional Behaviour Assessment (2)

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Method for identifying the function of behaviour (1)

Identifying the ABCs (1)

40
Q

Dimensions of ABA (7)

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Applied (1)
Behavioural (1)
Analytic (1)
Technological (1)
Conceptually Systematic (1)
Effective (1)
General (1)
41
Q

Reinforcement Sampling (1)

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A procedure to introduce potential new reinforcers (1)

42
Q

Token Economy (2)

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Generalised secondary reinforcers (eg. tokens) (1)

Later exchanged for other reinforcers (1)

43
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Fading (2)

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Artificial prompts or cues are faded (1)

Leaving natural antecedents (1)

44
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Chaining (2)

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Combining 2 or more behaviours into a chain (1)

Forwards or backwards (1)

45
Q

High-Probability Response Sequence (2)

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Several low demand requests are followed by a high demand request (1)
Behavioural momentum (1)
46
Q

Differential Reinforcement Schedule (5)

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Alternative (1)
Other (1)
Incompatible (1)
Low rate (1)
High rate (1)
47
Q

Premak Principle (1)

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Higher frequency behaviour may function as a reinforcer for lower frequency behaviour (1)

48
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Response Deprivation Hypothesis (2)

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Extends the Premak Principle (1)

Value of access to a behaviour is increased by deprivation (1)