Unit 6

Question 1

A stimulus or event that precedes the target behavior.

Answer 1

Antecedent

Question 2

The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and says.

Answer 2

Behavior

Question 3

A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.

Answer 3

Consequence

Question 4

An elementary verbal operant that is evoked by a nonvocal verbal discriminative stimulus that has point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity with the controlling response.

Answer 4

Copying a text

Question 5

The extra effort above what is required in a given position.

Answer 5

Discretionary effort

Question 6

The process by which, when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer followed by the reinforcing consequences, the frequency of the behavior decreases in the future.

Answer 6

Extinction

Question 7

An increase in the frequency of responding when an extinction procedure is initially implemented.

Answer 7

Extinction

Question 8

A visual representation of the occurrence of behavior over time.

Answer 8

Graph

Question 9

Information about performance that is delivered to two or more people simultaneously.

Answer 9

Group feedback

Question 10

An attempt to add reinforcement to the work done.

Answer 10

Job enrichment

Question 11

A type of reinforcement that managers deliver to their employees.

Answer 11

Management-related reinforcement

Question 12

A set of methods used to detect and compare the effects of various environmental arrangements on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of socially significant behaviors.

Answer 12

Measurement

Question 13

A response behavior is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus, or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus, that decreases the future frequency of similar responses under similar conditions.

Answer 13

Negative punishment

Question 14

A type of reinforcement in which the occurrence of the behavior is followed by the removal or avoidance of an aversive stimulus.

Answer 14

Negative reinforcement

Question 15

Occurs when a behavior in a particular situation is followed by a reinforcing consequence, thus making the behavior more likely to occur in similar circumstances in the future.

Answer 15

Operant conditioning

Question 16

A type of reinforcement that peers deliver to each other.

Answer 16

Peer-related reinforcement

Question 17

Precise information about an employee’s performance that is delivered so that employees can change and/or maintain their performance.

Answer 17

Performance feedback

Question 18

A label for consequences that are positive, immediate, and certain.

Answer 18

PIC

Question 19

A process for outlining the outcomes desired and the behaviors needed to achieve those outcomes.

Answer 19

Pinpointing

Question 20

A relation between the stimulus and response or response product that occurs when the beginning, middle, and end of the verbal stimulus matches the beginning, middle, and end of the verbal response.

Answer 20

Point-to-point correspondence

Question 21

A procedure in which a behavior is followed immediately by the presentation of a stimulus that decreases the future frequency of the behavior.

Answer 21

Positive punishment

Question 22

A type of reinforcement in which, contingent on the behavior, a stimulus or event is presented and the probability of the behavior increases in the future.

Answer 22

Positive reinforcement

Question 23

A type of positive reinforcement in which the opportunity to engage in a high-probability behavior is made contingent on the occurrence of a low-probability behavior to increase the low-probability behavior.

Answer 23

Premack principle

Question 24

A stimulus or event that, when presented contingent on the occurrence of a behavior, decreases the future probability of the behavior.

Answer 24

Punisher

Question 25

The stimulus that follows the behavior and increase the occurrence of the behavior in the future.

Answer 25

Reinforcer

Question 26

The reappearance, during extinction, of previously effective behavior.

Answer 26

Resurgence

Question 27

A socially mediated reinforcer, such as physical contact, proximity, attention, or praise.

Answer 27

Social reinforcer

Question 28

A reinforcer that is related to access to physical items, such as stickers, trinkets, school materials, trading cards, or small toys.

Answer 28

Tangible reinforcer

Question 29

An elementary verbal operant involving a response that is evoked by a verbal discriminative stimulus that has point-to-point correspondence, but not formal similarity, between the stimulus and the response product.

Answer 29

Textual

Question 30

An elementary verbal operant involving a spoken verbal stimulus that evokes a written, typed, or finger-spelled response.

Answer 30

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