Unit 1

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

Everything that an organism does.

 The interaction of the muscles, glands, or other parts of a live organism with the environment

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 accessible to the organism who is engaging in the private event

Question 4

Response

Answer 4

A specific instance of behavior

Question 5

Property

Answer 5

A fundamental quality of a natural phenomenon

Question 6

Response cycle

Answer 6

The beginning, middle, and end of a response

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

A response can reoccur

Question 11

Dimensional quantities

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 for number of cycles of the response class

Question 15

Inter-response time (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 results of a response on the environment

Question 20

Response class

Answer 20

A grouping of individual actions or responses that share those commonalities included in the class definition

Question 21

Topographical response class (TRC)

Answer 21

A collection of two or more responses which share a common form

Question 22

Functional response class

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Environment

Answer 23

The total constellation of stimuli and conditions which can affect behavior

Question 24

Environmental context

Answer 24

Consist of the situation (set of circumstances) in which behavior occurs at any given time

Question 25

Stimulus

Answer 25

A change in the environment which can affect behavior

Question 26

Antecedent

Answer 26

A stimulus which precedes, that is, occurs before a response

Question 27

Consequence

Answer 27

A stimulus which follows, that is, occurs after a response

Question 28

Stimulus class

Answer 28

A group of stimuli that share specified common elements along formal, temporal, and/or functional dimensions

Question 29

Functional relation

Answer 29

Changes in an antecedent or consequent stimulus class consistently alter a dimension of a response class

Question 30

Behavior analysis

Answer 30

A natural science that studies functional relations between behavior and environmental events.