UNIT 1-9 Flashcards

1
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An increase in the current frequency of a behavior that is reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating operation

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Evocative Effect

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2
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An alteration in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event as a result of a motivating operation

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Value-Altering Effect

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3
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A decrease in the current frequency of a behavior that is reinforced by the stimulus that is decreased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating operation

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Abative Effect

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4
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An alteration in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is altered in effectiveness by the same motivating operation

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Behavior Altering Effect

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5
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A motivating operation that establishes the effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event as a reinforcer

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Establishing Operation

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A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus object or event

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Abolishing Operation

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7
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A group of stimuli in which the frequency, duration, latency or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus

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Stimulus Control

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8
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Motivating operations whose value altering effect does not come from a history of learning

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Unconditioned Motivating Operations (UMO)

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9
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Motivating operations whose value altering effect depend on a learning history

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Conditioned Motivating Operations (CMO)

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10
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An antecedent stimulus that evokes or abates a specific behavior, due to a past history of differential availability of reinforcement or punishment for that behavior that is dependent on their presence versus their absence

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Discriminative Stimulus

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An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event; and that alters the current frequency of behavior that is reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object or event

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Motivating Operations

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12
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The basic process by which operant learning occurs

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Operant Conditioning

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13
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Behavior is likely to occur under the current conditions

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Evoke

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14
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Behavior is Not likely to occur under the current conditions

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Abate

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15
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Reinforcing only responses within a specific response class that meet specific criterion along a dimension and placing all other responses in that class on extinction

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Differential Reinforcement

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16
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When differential reinforcement consists of reinforcing some responses and not reinforcing other responses

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Differentiation

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17
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When differential reinforcement consists of reinforcing a response when certain stimuli are present and not reinforcing the same response when those stimuli are not present

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Discrimination

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18
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The tendency of behavior to occur more frequently in the presence of a particular stimulus because behavior has been reinforced only or mostly in the presence of that stimulus

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Discriminative Control

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19
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An operant class that is established through the process of differential reinforcement with respect to the presence or absence of antecedent stimuli

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Discriminated Operant

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20
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Discriminative Stimulus for reinforcement. Evokes behavior because in the past that behavior has been reinforced in its presence

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SD for SR

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21
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Discriminative stimulus for extinction. Abates behavior because in the past that behavior has not been reinforced in its presence

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S delta for SR

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22
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Discriminative stimulus for punishment. Abates behavior because in the past that behavior has been punished in its presence

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SDP for SP

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23
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Discriminative stimulus for withholding punishment. Evokes behavior because in the past that behavior has not been punished in its presence

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S delta P for withholding punishment (xSp)

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24
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Discriminative stimulus for positive reinforcement

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SDR+

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25
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Discriminative stimulus for negative reinforcement

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SDR-

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26
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Discriminative stimulus for extinction of behavior maintained by positive reinforcement

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S delta R+

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27
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Discriminative stimulus for extinction of behavior maintained by negative reinforcement

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S delta R-

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28
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Discriminative stimulus for positive punishment

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SDP+

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29
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Discriminative stimulus for negative punishment

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SDP-

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30
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Discriminative stimulus for unavailability of positive punishment

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S delta P+

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31
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Discriminative stimulus for unavailability of negative punishment

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S delta P-

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32
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A discrimination in which reinforcing a response is contingent on another stimulus

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Conditional Discrimination

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33
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The tendency of a learned response to occur in the presence of a stimulus that was not present during training, but either shares some similar physical properties to the SD or has been associated with the SD

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Stimulus Generalization

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34
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Organisms learn through the consequence of their actions

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The Law of Effect

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35
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Edward Lee Thorndike

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The Law of Effect

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36
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B.F. Skinner’s Contributions (7)

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The experimental analysis of behavior
The operant chamber
Radical behaviorism
Programmed instruction
Principles of operant conditioning
The cumulative recorder
Analysis of verbal behavior
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37
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Behavior that has an effect on the environment and is primarily under the control of its consequences

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Operant Behavior

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38
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This process of behavioral variability; selection by consequences, and behavioral reproduction occurs throughout the organism’s lifetime

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Operant Selection

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39
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Simplest Type of Operant Contingency

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R-S (response-Stimulus)

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40
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An environmental change that follows a response and increases or maintains the future frequency of that behavior

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Reinforcement

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41
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A stimulus change that follow a response and decreases the future frequency of that behavior under similar conditions

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Punishment

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42
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An environmental change in which a stimulus is added (presented) or magnified following a response that increases or maintains the future frequency of that response

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Positive Reinforcement

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43
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An environmental change in which a stimulus is removed (taken away) or attenuated following a response and increases the future frequency of that response

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Negative Reinforcement

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44
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Unconditioned Positive Reinforcement

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SR+

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45
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Conditioned Positive Reinforcement

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Sr+

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46
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Unconditioned Negative Reinforcement

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SR-

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47
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Conditioned Negative Reinforcement

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Sr-

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48
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Unconditioned Positive Punishment

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SP+

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49
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Conditioned Positive Punishment

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Sp+

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50
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Unconditioned Negative Punishement

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SP-

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51
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Conditioned Negative Punishment

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Sp-

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52
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The discontinuing of a reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior

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Extinction

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53
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Behavior is modified by its consequences irrespective of the person’s awareness

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Automaticity

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54
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If the opportunity to engage in a “preferred” or “high probability” behavior is made contingent on engaging in a “less preferred” behavior, the future duration or frequency of the “less preferred” behavior will increase

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Premack Principle

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55
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A stimulus, that when presented following a response, increases or maintains the future frequency of that response

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Reinforcer

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56
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A stimulus that, usually, is reinforcing without any prior learning; that is, its effect is due to phylogenic provenance

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Unconditioned Reinforcer

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57
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A stimulus that initially has no innate reinforcing properties, but acquires reinforcing properties through pairing with unconditioned reinforcers or powerful conditioned reinforcers

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Conditioned Reinforcer

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58
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A conditioned reinforcer that has been paired with a variety of reinforcers and which is effective for a wide range of behaviors

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Generalized Conditioned Reinforcer

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59
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Behavior that terminates an aversive stimulus

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Escape

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60
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Terminates a “warning” stimulus; prevents or delays the onset of the aversive stimulus

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Avoidance

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61
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A conditioned aversive stimulus whose presence is correlated with the upcoming onset of an unconditioned aversive stimulus

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Warning Stimulus

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62
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No clear warning stimulus, but a response can still delay or prevent the occurrence of the aversive event

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Un-Signaled Avoidance

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63
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The response itself directly produces the reinforcing consequence. That is, the consequence is Not mediated by another person

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Automatic Reinforcement

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64
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The consequence is mediated by another person

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Socially Mediated Reinforcement

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65
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A person explicitly arranged the contingency

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Planned Reinforcement

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66
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The contingency was not explicitly arranged

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Unplanned Reinforcement

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67
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The process by which a previously reinforced behavior is weakened by withholding reinforcement

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Operant Extinction

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68
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The sudden and temporary reappearance of a behavior following extinction

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Operant Spontaneous Recovery

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69
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The reappearance of a previously extinguished behavior during the extinction of a more recently reinforced behavior

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Resurgence

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70
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A stimulus, that is usually punishing without any prior learning; that is, its effect is due to phylogenic provenance

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Unconditioned Punisher

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71
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A stimulus that initially has no innate punishing properties, but acquire punishing properties through pairing with unconditioned punishers or powerful conditioned punishers

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Conditioned Punisher

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72
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An environmental change in which a stimulus is added (presented) or magnified following a response, that decreases the future frequency of that response

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Positive Punishment

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73
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An environmental change in which a stimulus is subtracted (withdrawn or removed) or attenuated following a response, which decreases the future frequency of that behavior

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Negative Punishment

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74
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A procedure based on the principle of negative punishment; the organism cannot access (generally specified) reinforcer

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Time-out from Positive Reinforcement

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75
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The process by which a previously punished behavior is strengthened by withholding punishment

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Recovery from Punishment

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76
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A simple relation between an antecedent stimulus and a reflex response

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Reflex

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77
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To strongly, consistently and reliably evoke

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Elicit

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78
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A simple relation between a specific stimulus and a specific innate, involuntary response

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Unconditioned Reflex

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79
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Examples of Human Reflexes

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Patellar reflex, Eye Blink reflex, Lachrymal reflex, Pupillary reflex, Respiratory reflex, Sneeze reflex, Cough reflex, Rooting reflex, Sucking reflex, Salivation reflex, Swallowing reflex, Peristalsis reflex, Reverse Peristalsis reflex, Reflex related to low/high temperatures, Reflex to loud sounds, Withdrawal reflex, Activation reflex

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80
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A stimulus which results in an unconditioned response without prior learning

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Unconditioned Stimulus

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81
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A response which is elicited by an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning

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Unconditioned Response

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82
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A temporary reduction in a reflex response due to repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus

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Habituation

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83
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A reduction in the frequency or magnitude of a response or a set of responses as a result of prolonged exposure to a stimulus or an environmental context

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Adaptation

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84
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A temporary increase in some dimension or intensity of a reflex response due to repeated presentations of an eliciting stimulus

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Potentiation

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85
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The tendency of a stimulus to elicit a reflex response following the elicitation of that response by a different stimulus

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Sensitization

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86
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A stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure in which a neutral stimulus is presented with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response

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Respondent Conditioning

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87
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A simple relation between a specific conditioned stimulus and a conditioned involuntary response

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Conditioned Reflex

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88
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A stimulus which has no eliciting effect on behavior prior to being paired contingently with an unconditioned stimulus or another conditioned stimulus

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Neutral Stimulus

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89
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A stimulus which elicits a conditioned response due to prior learning; that is, due to ontogenic provenance

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Conditioned Stimulus

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90
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A response which is elicited by a conditioned stimulus due to prior learning

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Conditioned Response

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91
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The ONSET of the CS must come first, before the ONSET of the US. Very effective.

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Short Delay Conditioning

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92
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The ONSET of the CS must come first, before the ONSET of the US. Usually effective

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Long Delay Conditioning

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93
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The OFFSET of the CS must come before the ONSET of the US. Sometimes effective

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Trace Conditioning Procedure

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94
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CS and US occur at the same time. Usually not effective

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Simultaneous Conditioning Procedure

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95
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The ONSET of the US must come before the ONSET of the CS. Almost always ineffective

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Backward Chaining Procedure

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96
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A neutral stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus (CS) rather than with a US

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Higher Order Conditioning

97
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The process through which a conditioned reflex is weakened by discontinuing to pair the CS with the US

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Respondent Extinction

98
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The sudden reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned reflex

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Respondent Spontaneous Recovery

99
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The spread of effects of respondent conditioning to stimuli other than the conditioned stimulus

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Respondent Stimulus Generalization

100
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The effect of a stimulus on a specific response may be innate, due to the evolutionary history of that species

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Phylogenic Provenance

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The effect of the stimulus on a specific response may be learned, due to the experiential history of the individual organism in the environment

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Ontogenic Provenance

102
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A systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world

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Science

103
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Goals of Science (4)

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Description, prediction, control and development of technology

104
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Empirical phenomena; Direct observation and measurement of phenomena or its permanent products

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Natural Science

105
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Physics, chemistry, biology, behavioral analysis

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Types of Natural Science

106
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Hypothetical constructs outside of the natural realm; indirect observation and measurement

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Social Science

107
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Psychology, sociology, political science

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Types of Social Science

108
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Philosophical Assumptions (of behavioral analysis) (x5)

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Determinism, empiricism (experimentation and replication), parsimony, philosophical doubt, pragmatism

109
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The universe is a lawful and orderly place

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Determinism

110
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Objective observation with thorough description and quantification of the phenomena of interest – behavior (experimentation and replication)

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Empiricism

111
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Systematic manipulation of an independent variable

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Experimentation

112
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Repeating any part of an experiment

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Replication

113
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Requires that all simple, logical explanations for the phenomena of interest be ruled out experimentally before more complex or abstract explanations are considered

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Parsimony

114
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Continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded as fact

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Philosophical Doubt

115
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Assesses the truth of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application

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Pragmatism

116
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The philosophy or world view underlying behavior analysis. Posits that behavior is the subject matter of our science

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Behaviorism

117
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Causes of behavior; probabilistic

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Determinants of Behavior

118
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The process in which repeated cycles occur of variation, interaction with the environment, and differential replication as a function of the interaction

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Selection

119
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The environment selects which variations survive and are passed on

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Natural Selection

120
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Cultural practices evolve as they contribute to the success of the practicing group

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Cultural Selection

121
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The nearness of events in time

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Temporal Contiguity

122
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A dependency between events

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Contingency

123
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Types of Contingencies

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S-S Contingencies (pairing)
R-S contingencies
S-R-S contingencies (3 term contingency)

124
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Basic Operations of the Science of Behavior Analysis (6)

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Direct observation
Repeated measures
Graph data
Manipulation
Systematic evaluation
Analysis and interpretation
125
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Contingently present a stimulus immediately after the response

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Consequential Operation (+)

126
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Contingently remove a stimulus immediately after the response

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Consequential Operation (-)

127
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A relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience

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Learning

128
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A natural science that studies functional relations between behavior and environmental events

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Behavior Analysis

129
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Everything that an organism does. The interaction of the muscles, glands, or other parts of a live organism with the environment

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Behavior

130
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Behavior that can be observed by others, even though special instrumentation may be required at times

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Public Behavior

131
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Behavior that cannot be observed by others; it is only accessible to the organism who is engaging in the private event

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Private Behavior

132
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A specific instance of behavior

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Response

133
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The beginning, the middle, and the end of a response

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Response Cycle

134
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Fundamental quality of a natural phenomena

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Property

135
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Fundamental Properties (x3)

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Temporal Locus
Temporal Extent
Repeatability

136
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A single response occurs in time

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Temporal Locus

137
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A response occupies time

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Temporal Extent

138
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A response can reoccur

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Repeatability

139
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A quantifiable aspect of a property

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Dimensional Quantities

140
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The amount of time between a stimulus and a response

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Latency

141
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The amount of time between the beginning and the end of the response cycle

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Duration

142
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The number of responses or number of cycles of the response class

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Countability

143
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The time between two successive responses

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IRT

144
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The ratio of the number of responses over some period of time

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Rate

145
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Change in one of the other dimensional quantities of behavior over time

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Celeration

146
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Configuration, form, or shape of a response

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Topography

147
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The effects or results of a response on the environment

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Function

148
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A grouping of individual actions or responses that share those commonalities included in the class definition

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Response Class

149
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A collection of two or more responses which share a common form

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Topographical Response Class

150
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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

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Functional Response Class

151
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The total constellation of stimuli and conditions which can affect behavior

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Environment

152
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Consists of the situation (set of circumstances) in which behavior occurs at any given time

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Environmental Context

153
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A change in the environment which can affect behavior

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Stimulus

154
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A stimulus which precedes, that is, occurs before a response

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Antecedent

155
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A stimulus which follows, that is, occurs after a response

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Consequence

156
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A group of stimuli that share specified common elements along formal, temporal, and/or functional dimensions

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Stimulus Class

157
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Changes in antecedent or consequent stimulus class consistently alter a dimension of a response class

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Functional Relation

158
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Covers various functions of stimuli; used to categorize stimuli that have multiple functions

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Omnibus Terms

159
Q

Its presentation evokes behavior that terminates it

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Aversive Stimulus x1

160
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Its onset weakens behavior that precedes its onset

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Aversive Stimulus x2

161
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Its offset strengthens behavior that precedes its offset

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Aversive Stimulus x3

162
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It may elicit smooth muscle and gland responses

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Aversive Stimulus x4

163
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Its onset strengthens behavior that precedes its onset

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Appetitive Stimulus x1

164
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Its offset weakens behavior that precedes its offset

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Appetitive Stimulus x2

165
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It abates behavior that removes it

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Appetitive Stimulus x3

166
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It may elicit smooth muscle and gland responses

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Appetitive Stimulus x4

167
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A sequence of responses in which each response produces a stimulus change that functions as a conditioned reinforcement for that response and as a discriminative stimulus for the next response in the chain

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Behavior Chain

168
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A schedule of reinforcement in which the response requirements of two or more basic schedules must be met in a specific sequence before reinforcement is delivered

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Chained Schedule

169
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The spread of the effects of reinforcement to responses outside the limits of a operant class (another term response generalization)

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Induction

170
Q

The differential reinforcement of successive approximations to a target behavior

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Shaping

171
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The terminal target response is a distinct topography – a different response – than the response that is currently occurring

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Shaping across Topographies

172
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The terminal target response is similar in form to the initial response, but varies across some dimension, such as rate or duration

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Shaping within Topographies

173
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Parameters of Reinforcement (x3)

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Magnitude
Quantity
Duration

174
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The rule which describes or specifies which responses will be followed by reinforcement and which will not

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Schedule of Reinforcement

175
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Each and every single response that is emitted is reinforced; that is, reinforcement occurs each and every single time the behavior occurs; used to establish or strengthen behavior

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Continuous Reinforcement

176
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Some responses are reinforced and some are not; used to maintain already established behavior

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Intermittent Reinforcement

177
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Reinforcement is delivered after a certain number of responses

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Ratio

178
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Reinforcement is delivered for the FIRST responses after a certain amount of time since the previous reinforcement

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Interval

179
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The number of responses, or amount of time, remains the same

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Fixed

180
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The number of responses, or amount of time, is random, but centers around (i.e. averages out to) a particular value

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Variable

181
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A restriction placed on an interval schedule requiring that the response occur within a specified time limit following the interval to be eligible for reinforcement

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Limited Hold

182
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All or non schedules, as they produce a pause in responding immediately after reinforcement which is followed by a burst of responding. Pauses tend to be longer the thinner the schedule

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FR Schedules

183
Q

Produce steady and high rates of responding

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VR Schedules

184
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A behavioral effect associated with abrupt increases in ratio requirements when moving from denser to thinner reinforcement schedules

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Ratio Strain

185
Q

Scalloped; Produce a pause in responding immediately after reinforcement which is followed by a gradual increase in the rate of responding, with the highest rates at a time closest to reinforcement

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FI Schedules

186
Q

Produce steady, low to moderate rates of responding

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VI Schedules

187
Q

A preferred stimulus is delivered at a point in time without a response requirement

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Time-based Schedules

188
Q

Reinforcement occurs if and only if the rate of response is equal to or greater than a specified value

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Differential Reinforcement of a High Rate of Responding (DRH)

189
Q

The contingency for reinforcement is governed by the time elapsed between successive responses (as opposed to responses per unit of time)

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Differential Reinforcement of Short Inter Response Times (DRH - IRT)

190
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Consists of two or more schedules operating simultaneously but independently of each other, each for a different response

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Concurrent Schedules (conc)

191
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Consists of two or more alternating schedules, each associcated with a different stimulus

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Multiple Schedules

192
Q

The same as a multiple schedule except that there are no different stimuli associated with each component schedule

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Mixed Schedules

193
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A conditioned reinforcer is produced by completion of the response requirements for that component schedule in the chain

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Chained Schedule

194
Q

No discriminative stimuli in the links of the chain

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Tandem schedules

195
Q

A change in one component of a multiple schedule that increases or decreases the rate of responding on that component is accompanied by a change in the response rate in the opposite direction on the other, unaltered component of the schedule

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Behavioral Contrast

196
Q

The allocation of responses to choices available on concurrent schedules of reinforcement

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The Matching Law

197
Q

The reinforcement schedule most resistant to EXT

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VR (variable ratio)

198
Q

The reinforcement schedule least resistant to EXT

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FR (CRF) Continuous reinforcement

199
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Operant behavior reinforced through the mediation of other persons

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Verbal Behavior

200
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The individual emitting the verbal response

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Speaker

201
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The individual the speaker interacts with

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Listener

202
Q

Composed of listeners who belong to a trained verbal community

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Audience

203
Q

Elementary Verbal Operants

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Tact
Mand
Duplic
Codic
Intraverbal
204
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Under the antecedent control of a non-verbal stimulus

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Tact

205
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Under the antecedent control of an establishing operation

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Mand

206
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Under the antecedent control of verbal stimuli with point to point correspondence and with formal similarity to the response

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Duplic

207
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Types of Duplic

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Echoics (vocal imitation, repeating)
Copying a text
Mimetics (motor imitation)

208
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The repeating of a vocal behavior

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Echoic

209
Q

Has a point to point correspondence and formal similarity to the written verbal stimulus

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Copying a text

210
Q

The imitation of a physical movement that is also a non-vocal verbal unit

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Mimetic

211
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Under the antecedent control of verbal stimuli with point to point correspondence but without formal similarity

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Codic

212
Q

Under the antecedent control of verbal stimuli without point to point correspondence and no formal similarity

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Intraverbal

213
Q

Under the antecedent control of a mand to comply

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Receptive Language

214
Q

The speaker selects a stimulus in the environment by pointing or finding a picture and handing it to the listener

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Selection-Based Verbal Behavior

215
Q

The listener discriminates what the speaker is “saying” based on the topography of the verbal behavior

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Topography-Based Verbal Behavior

216
Q

An operant class that includes within it other classes that can themselves function as operants

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Higher-Order Class

217
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A higher-order operant response class that is under the control of verbal antecedent stimuli

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Rule-Governed Behavior

218
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Alter the evocative or abative effect of other antecedent stimuli

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Function Altering Effects of Rules

219
Q

Behavior acquired via immediate reinforcement contingencies

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Contingency Shaped Behavior

220
Q

Domains of Behavior Analysis x4

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The Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Behavior Analysis Service Delivery
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior

221
Q

The basic foundation for our conceptual analyses and permeates all the branches

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Radical Behaviorism

222
Q

Basic Research. Provides the scientific method for studying behavior by using cumulative records, manipulation of variables and automated recording

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Experimental Analysis of Behavior

223
Q

Applied research that applies the basic principles derived from EAB to solve problems of social significance

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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

224
Q

To help other persons to achieve their outcomes with the implementation of procedures validated by ABA researchers to make a difference in people’s lives

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ABA Practice

225
Q

Methodologies of EAB x4

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Direct, repeated measurement of behavior
Rate of response as the basic datum
Visual inference (graphing)
Within subject comparisons

226
Q

Seven Dimensions of ABA

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Applied
Behavioral
Analytic
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Effective
Generality
227
Q

(Dimension of ABA) The implementation of basic principles to change behaviors of significance to clients

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Applied

228
Q

(Dimension of ABA) Directly observed and measured

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Behavioral

229
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(Dimension of ABA) Seeks to identify functional relations between manipulated environmental events and behavior through systematic and controlled manipulations

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Analytic

230
Q

(Dimension of ABA) Procedures are completely identified, and precisely described and defined

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Technological

231
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(Dimension of ABA) Procedures are linked to, and described in terms of the basic principles of behavior

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Conceptually Systematic

232
Q

(Dimension of ABA) An accountable discipline in which changes in procedure are data-based

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Effective

233
Q

(Dimension of ABA) Behavior changes achieved should maintain, transfer to other settings and situations, and spread to other behaviors

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Generality

234
Q

Deals with philosophical and theoretical issues

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Conceptual Analysis

235
Q

The set of assessments and behavior change procedures validated by ABA researchers

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Behavioral Technology

236
Q

Past and current behavior is explained as a function of environmental contingencies

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Environmental Explanations

237
Q

Mentalistic explanations; teleological explanations

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Explanatory Fictions

238
Q

These explain behavior by referring to hypothetical constructs from a dimension that is inferred to be inside the organism

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Mentalistic Explanations

239
Q

Summary Labels of behavior (such as traits, states, attitudes, diagnostic categories) and other hypothetical constructs are used to explain behavior

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Mentalisms