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Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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3 characteristics of stimulus classes:

A

Formal
Temporal
Functional

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2
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Antecedent stimulus:

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Environmental event that proceeds a response

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3
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Consequence stimulus:

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Environmental event that follows a response

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4
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Evoke

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Increases momentary probability of a response

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5
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Evocative effects
What do effects of antecedents do?

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Increase momentary probability of a response

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Abate:

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Decreases the momentary probability of a response

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7
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Abative effect
What do effects of antecedents do

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Decrease the momentary probability of a response

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8
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Latency

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The amount of time between antecedent stimulus and response

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9
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Consequence effect:
Strengthening

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Increases future probability of a behavior

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10
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Consequence effect
Weakening

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Decreases the future probability of a behavior

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11
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Determinism

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Phenomenons are lawful and occur in a systematic way

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12
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Determinants of behavior

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Biological and environmental factors

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13
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Selection: repeated cycles of:

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Variation, interaction and differential replication

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14
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Selection: variation and interaction with the environment results in:

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Differential replication

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15
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Selectionism

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Generic and behavioral diversity is a result of selection

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16
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Contingency

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Dependent relationship between events

17
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Functional relation is a mathematical:

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Relations between IV and DV

18
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Parsimony

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Rule out simple explanations before evaluating complex ones

19
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Environmental explanations describe:

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Behavior as a function of current environment and past experience

20
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Explanatory fictions describe behavior as cause by:

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Hypothetical construct within individual or future events

21
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IV stands for:

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Independent variable

22
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DV stands for:

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Dependent variable

23
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Main variables of behavior analysis:

24
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IV manipulated in behavior analysis:

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Stimulus class

25
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DV studies in behavior analysis:

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Response class

26
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Stimulus class properties
Based on temporal location:

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Antecedents and consequences

27
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Stimulus class properties
Based on functional relation:

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Same effect on behavior or another stimulus

28
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Stimulus class properties
Based on formal properties:

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Same physical characteristics (form)

29
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Antecedents
2 effects on behavior

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Evocative and abative

30
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Consequences
2 effects on behavior

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Strengthening and weakening

31
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3 types of selection:

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Natural, operant, cultural

32
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Types of environment contingencies

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S-S
R-S
S-R-S

Behavior Analysis 5041 (10 decks)

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