Test 1 (20 words MIN)

Question 1

• consent to intervene in a way
• that is experimental or risky
• the participant or guardian is informed of the risks and benefits
• and of the right to stop the

Answer 1

informed consent

Question 2

• a reinforcer for which
• repeated exposure
• is an motivating operation

Answer 2

addictive reinforcer

Question 3

a set of skills

Answer 3

repertoire

Question 4

• a stimulus
• that is aversive
• because it has been paired with another aversive stimulus

Answer 4

learned aversive stimulus

Question 5

• Aversive stimuli and extinction are motivating operations

* for aggression reinforcers

Answer 5

the aggression principle

Question 6

• always pinpoint specific behaviors

* when you deal with a behavioral (psychological) problem

Answer 6

be concrete

Question 7

• the frequency of responding

* before reinforcement

Answer 7

operant level

Question 8

• the pairing of a neutral stimulus with

* a reinforcer or aversive stimulus

Answer 8

pairing procedure

Question 9

• behavior that resembles
• the terminal behavior
• along some meaningful dimension
• and occurs with at least a minimal frequency

Answer 9

initial behavior

Question 10

*behavior that more closely approximates the terminal behavior

Answer 10

intermediate behavior

Question 11

• the differential punishment of all behavior

* except that which more and more closely resembles the terminal behavior

Answer 11

shaping with punishment

Question 12

• elements of a stimulus
• have their value or function
• only when they are combined;
• otherwise, the individual elements may be relatively neutral

Answer 12

conditional stimulus

Question 13

• the planned use of
• behavioral contingencies,
• differential reinforcement, and
• discrimination training
• in the student’s everyday environment

Answer 13

incident teaching

Question 14

• the use of a fading procedure
• to establish a discrimination
• with no errors during the training

Answer 14

errorless discrimination procedure

Question 15

• a stimulus that is aversive,

* though not as a result of pairing with other aversive stimuli

Answer 15

unlearned aversive condition

Question 16

*a muscle, glandular, or neuro-electrical activity

Answer 16

behavior

Question 17

• the study of the principles of behavior

Answer 17

behavior analysis

Question 18

• a stimulus

* that increases the frequency of a response it follows

Answer 18

reinforcer(positive reinforcer)

Question 19

With nonverbal organisms, don't say, 
*expectts, 
knows, 
thinks, 
figures out, 
in order to, 
trying to, 
makes the connection etc.

Answer 19

the don’t say rule

Question 20

*the use of no unnecessary concepts, principles or assumptions

Answer 20

parsimony

Question 21

*if a dead man can do it, it probably isn’t a behavior

Answer 21

dead man test

Question 22

• reinforce behavior

* not people

Answer 22

reinforce behavior

Question 23

• the phrase of an experiment or intervention
• where the behavior is measured
• in the sense of an intervention

Answer 23

baseline

Question 24

• the effects of our actions

* determine whether we will repeat them

Answer 24

the law of effect

Question 25

• a group of subjects
• exposed to the presumed crucial value
• of the independent variable

Answer 25

experimental group