Unit 1

Question 0

Behavior

Answer 0

Behavior is everything that organism does the interaction of the muscle glands, or other parts of a live organism with the environment

Question 1

Behavior analysis

Answer 1

A natural science that studies functional relations between behavior and environment events

Question 2

Public behavior

Answer 2

Behavior that can be observed by others, even though special instrumentation may be required at times.

Question 3

Private behavior

Answer 3

Behavior that cannot be observed by others; it is only acceptable to the organism who is engaging in the private event.

Question 4

Response

Answer 4

A specific instance of behavior

Question 5

Response cycle

Answer 5

The beginning, middle, and end of a response.

Question 6

Property

Answer 6

A fundamental quality of a natural phenomenon.

Question 7

Fundamental properties

Answer 7

Temporal locus, temporal extent, repeatability,

Question 8

Temporal locus

Answer 8

A single response occurs in time.

Question 9

Temporal extent

Answer 9

A response occupies time.

Question 10

Repeatability

Answer 10

Response can reoccur

Question 11

Dimensional qualities

Answer 11

A quantifiable aspect of a property

Question 12

Latency

Answer 12

The amount of time between a stimulus and response

Question 13

Duration

Answer 13

The amount of time between the beginning and the end of the response cycle

Question 14

Countability

Answer 14

The number of responses of number of responses or number of cycles of the response class

Question 15

IRT

Answer 15

The time between two successive responses

Question 16

Rate

Answer 16

The ratio of the number of responses over some period of time.

Question 17

Celeration

Answer 17

Change in one of the other dimensional quantities of behavior over time

Question 18

Topography

Answer 18

Configuration, form, or shape of a response

Question 19

Function

Answer 19

The effects or result of a response on the environment

Question 20

Functional response class

Answer 20

A collection of two or more topo graphically different responses that all have the same effect on the environment, usually producing a specific class of reinforcers

Question 21

Stimulus

Answer 21

A change in the environment which can affect behavior

Question 22

What are the critical attribute of behavior?

Answer 22

1) behavior is a biological phenomenon, 2) involves movement (action) 3) can only be done by living organism 4) can be observed 5)is measurable 6) involves interaction with the environment

Question 23

What are the attributes of functional relations?

Answer 23

1). Orderly relations exist b/t 2 classes of events 2.) Changes in one variable results in changes in a second variable. 3) The value of behavioral dimension changes in an orderly fashion 4.) functional relations must be demonstrated through systematic manipulation

Question 24

Functional relations

Answer 24

We seek to identify functional relations between manipulated environmental events and behavioral to systematic manipulation. When changes in an antcedent or conquest alter a dimension of a response class a functional relation is said to exist

Question 25

How do you classify stimuli?

Answer 25

Stimuli may be classified by their physical characteristics their temporal relation to responses by their effect on behavior and their effect on other stimuli. It serves us best to start off by classifying to stimuli in respect to their temporal relation to responses It serves us best to start off by classified stimuli in respect to their temporal relation to responses