Unit 1 Flashcards
Motivating Operation
An environmental variable that alters the
reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of
some stimulus, object, or event; and alters
the current frequency of all behavior that has
been reinforced or punished by that stimulus,
object, or event
Establishing Operation
A motivating operation that establishes the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or
event as a consequence (reinforcer or
punisher)
Abolishing Operation
A motivating operation that decreases the
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event
as a consequence (reinforcer or punisher)
Evocative effect
an increase in the momentary frequency of behavior
Abative effect
a decrease in the momentary frequency of behavior
Phylogenic provenance
The effect of a stimulus on a specific
response may be innate, due to the
evolutionary history of that species.
Ontogenic provenance
The effect of the stimulus on a specific response may be learned, due to the experiential history of the individual organism in the environment
MO^SR
MO related to reinforcement
MO^SP
MO related to punishment
EO^SR
EO related to reinforcement
EO^ SP
EO related to punishment
AO^SR
AO related to reinforcement
AO^SP
AO related to punishment
UEO^SR+
UEO related to positive reinforcement
CEO^Sr+
CEO related to positive reinforcement
Condition motivating operations
A motivating operation whose value-altering
effect depends on a learning history
Surrogate CEO
Acquire the properties of an EO through
contingent pairing with UEOs in much the
same way that stimuli become Srs through
pairing.
Surrogate CAO
Acquire the properties of an AO through
contingent pairing with UAOs in much the
same way that stimuli become Srs through
pairing.
Transitive CEO
An event that establishes another stimulus
as a necessary condition to complete the
response that the first event evokes, and
thus establishes that second stimulus as a
reinforcer.
Transitive CAO
Decrease in the effectiveness of a stimulus
as a reinforcer and abate behavior which is
maintained by the reinforcer whose value
has been lowered (decreased).
Reflexive CEO
Establishes its own termination as an
effective form of negative reinforcement or
punishment
Reflexive CAO
Abolishes its own termination as an effective
form of negative reinforcement or
punishment.
Threat CEO-R
An EO for negative reinforcement; evokes
avoidance behavior and evokes behavior
that has resulted in its own termination in the
past.
Threat CAO-R
An AO for negative reinforcement; abates
avoidance behavior and abated behavior that
has resulted in its own termination in the
past.
Promise CEO-R
An EO for negative punishment; abates
behavior that has resulted in its own
termination in the past.
Promise CAO-R
An AO for negative punishment; evokes
behavior that has resulted in its own
termination in the past
Escape
Behavior that terminates an aversive stimulus
Avoidance
Terminates a “warning” stimulus, prevents r delays the onset of the aversive stimulus
signaled avoidance
a response terminates a warning stimulus
warning stimulus
A conditioned aversive stimulus whose
presence is correlated with the upcoming
onset of an unconditioned aversive stimulus.
unsignaled avoidance
No clear warning stimulus, but a response can still delay or prevent the occurrence of the aversive event
negative reinforcement
the onset of painful stimulation establishes
the reduction or offset of this stimulation as
an effective form of reinforcement and
evokes behavior that achieved such
reduction or offset.
