Unit 1

Question 1

everything that an organism does

Answer 1

behavior

Question 2

Movement of an organism or its parts

Answer 2

behavior

Question 3

the interaction of the muscles and glands of a live organism and the environment

Answer 3

behavior

Question 4

If a dead person can “do” it, it is

NOT behavior

Answer 4

dead person’s test

Question 5

a specific instance of behavior

Answer 5

response

Question 6

beginning, middle, and end of a response

Answer 6

response cycle

Question 7

Physical nature of responses

Answer 7

topography

Question 8

exact form, or shape of the
response, the appearance of the
response, the force involved, and
actual movements involved

Answer 8

topography

Question 9

A property closely

associated with topography

Answer 9

magnitude

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Topographical Response Class

TRC

Question 11

Effect of a response on

environment

Answer 11

function

Question 12

Two or more
(topographically different)
responses that have same effect on environment, producing
specific class of reinforcers

Answer 12

Functional Response Class (FRC)

Question 13

• Attention-getting Bx
• Food-getting Bx
• Task-Escape Bx

Answer 13

Functional Response Class (FRC)

Question 14

The effects/results of a response

Answer 14

Function

Question 15

Configuration, form, or shape of

response

Answer 15

Topography

Question 16

Behavior observed by others

Answer 16

Public Behavior

Question 17

Behavior that cannot be observed by
others; only accessible to
the organism

Answer 17

Private Events (behavior)

Question 18

Fundamental quality of a phenomenon

Answer 18

Fundamental Property

Question 19

A dimensional quantity is a
quantifiable aspect of a
property. How measured!

Answer 19

Dimensional quantity

Question 20

A single response occurs in time, in relation to preceding stimulus or event

Answer 20

temporal locus

Question 21

time between stimulus and response

Answer 21

Latency

Question 22

a response occupies time

Answer 22

Temporal extent

Question 23

amount of time between
beginning and end of
response cycle

Answer 23

duration

Question 24

response can reoccur

Answer 24

Repeatability

Question 25

# responses or # cycles
of the response class

Answer 25

Countability/frequency

Question 26

time elapsed b/t
end of a response cycle and
beginning of the next
response cycle

Answer 26

IRT (Inter-Response Time)

Question 27

responses / time

Answer 27

rate

Question 28

change in
behavior over time,
increases (acceleration) or
decreases (deceleration)

Answer 28

Celeration

Question 29

Total constellation of stimuli

Which can affect behavior

Answer 29

Environment

Question 30

Both outside the skin of the

organism and within the skin

Answer 30

Environment

Question 31

A change in the environment

which can affect behavior

Answer 31

Stimulus

Question 32

energy change that affects an organism through its receptors

Answer 32

Stimulus

Question 33

Group of stimuli that share a

certain characteristic

Answer 33

stimulus class

Question 34

Stimulus which precedes/occurs before a response

Answer 34

Antecedent

Question 35

A stimulus which

follows/occurs after a response

Answer 35

Consequence

Question 36

what are never antecedents?

Answer 36

Responses

Question 37

organic and environmental variables

Answer 37

behavior

Question 38

• genetics
• physical attributes
• bio-chemical factors
• neurological factors

Answer 38

Organic variables

Question 39

Current environmental events
and previous
experience

Answer 39

environmental determinants of behavior

Question 40

future events are never

Answer 40

environmental determinants of behavior

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Functional Relation

Question 42

Relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience

Answer 42

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