VB- Ch. 2 General Problems Flashcards
What is operant behavior
Activities which operate upon the environment.
Where are meanings to be found?
They are to be found among the independent variables in a functional account, rather than as properties of the dependent variable.
What is an operant
Any unit of such behavior.
What is the term operant concerned with.
The prediction and control of a kind of behavior.
What is a verbal repertoire?
Response of various forms appear in his behavior from time to time in relation to identifiable conditions.
What does a repertoire describe?
The potential behavior of a speaker
What is our basic datum
Not the occurrence of a given response As such, but the probability that it will occur at a given time.
What is the basic datum to e predicted and controlled?
The probability that a verbal response of given form will occur at a given time.
How does any operant require strength and continue to be maintained?
When response are frequently followed by the event called reinforcement.
When is the process of operant conditioning most conspicuous?
When verbal behavior is first acquired.
