Verbal Behavior SAFMEDS Flashcards
A decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating operation.
abative effect
A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
abolishing operation
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.
behavior-altering effect
A motivating operation whose value- altering effect depends on a learning history.
conditioning motivating operation
A motivating operation that increases the effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
establishing operation
An increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivation operation.
evocative effect
A relatively permanent change in an organism’s repertoire of MO, stimulus, and response relations, caused by reinforcement, punishment, an extinction, procedure, or a recovery from punishment procedure.
function-altering effect
An environmental variable that a) alters the reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object or event; and b) alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event.
motivating operation
The occurrence of a previously punished type of response without its punishing consequence. This procedure is analogous to the extinction of previously reinforced behavior and has the effect of undoing the effect of the punishment.
recovery from punishment procedure
A stimulus that acquires MO effectiveness by preceding some form of worsening or improvement. It is exemplified by the warning stimulus in a typical escape-avoidance procedure, which establishes its own offset as reinforcement and evokes all behavior that has accomplished that offset.
reflexive conditioned motivating operation
Trained: A > B and B > C Derived: A > C and C < A
combinatorial entailment
Two or more stimulus relations can mutually combine
combinatorial entailment
An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the class vary considerably
generalized operant
Individual is given multiple opportunities to make a response in a given context, the irrelevant features of the task vary across opportunities, but the condition for obtaining reinforcement remains the same
multiple exemplar training
Trained: A > B Derived: B < A
mutual entailment
A relation in one direction between two stimuli (e.g., A to B) entails a relation in the other direction (e.g., B to A)
mutual entailment
A—–>B; B
mutual entailment
A generalized pattern of relational responding that is arbitrarily applicable and has the properties of mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment, and transformation of stimulus function
relational frame
Responding to one stimulus based on its relation to another stimulus or stimuli
relational responding
The functions a stimulus has for a person can be changed on the basis of how it is related to other stimuli
Transformation of stimulus functions
A type of controlling variable that is usually a listener in the presence of whom verbal behavior is typically reinforced and that controls a group of response forms
audience
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is writing or printing, the controlling variable is a response-product of previous writing behavior, there is point-to-point correspondence between the controlling variable and the response, and there is formal similarity between the controlling variable and the response-product
copying a text
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is vocal and controlled by a prior auditory stimulus, there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response, and there is formal similarity between the stimulus and the response-product
echoic behavior
An environmental change or event that precedes the response to which it is functionally related and increases the effectiveness of a particular stimulus change as reinforcement
establishing operation
When a controlling variable evokes a response and there is point-to-point correspondence between the controlling variable and the response
formal control
A relationship between (1) a stimulus that evokes a response and (2) the response-product of that response in which the stimulus and the response-product are both in the same modality and their physical patterns or sequences resemble one another
formal similarity
A verbal response in which the controlling variable is a verbal stimulus, and there is NO point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
intraverbal
A verbal response in which the form of the response is controlled by an establishing operation
mand
A stimulus change that occurs after a response has been emitted, increases the future probability of that response, and results from the action of another individual
mediated reinforcement
A relationship between a discriminative stimulus and the response it controls in which both the stimulus and response have two or more components and each component of the stimulus controls a specific component of the response
point-to-point correspondence
A stimulus that is the result of someone’s behavior
response product
A verbal response in which the controlling variable is a non-verbal stimulus
tact
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is writing, the controlling variable is a response-product of someone’s prior vocal behavior, and there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
taking dictation
A form of verbal behavior in which the response is vocal, the response is controlled by a prior stimulus that is the response- product of writing behavior, and there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response
textual behavior
When a controlling variable evokes a response but there is NO point-to-point correspondence between the controlling variable and the response
thematic control
Behavior reinforced through the mediation of another person who has been specifically trained to provide such reinforcement
verbal behavior
A physical energy change capable of affecting an organism’s sensory receptors that has a specific form or pattern which as a unit has controlling effectiveness and is the result of verbal behavior
verbal stimulus
