Vocab

Question 1

Empiricism

Answer 1

The theory that knowledge derives from sensory experience

Question 2

Law of Effect

Answer 2

Behaviors followed by pleasant consequences are likely to be repeated. Behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences are not likely to be repeated.

Question 3

Classical Conditioning

Answer 3

Learning process in which a neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus through repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus

Question 4

Stimulus

Answer 4

Any environmental event that elicits a behavioral response

Question 5

Unconditioned Stimulus

Answer 5

A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response

Question 6

Conditioned Stimulus

Answer 6

A previously neutral stimulus that takes on the eliciting properties of an unconditioned stimulus

Question 7

Neutral stimulus

Answer 7

A stimulus that does not elicit the response of interest

Question 8

Reflex

Answer 8

An automatic response to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs in all members of a species. Also called an unconditioned response.

Question 9

Generalization

Answer 9

Conditioned responding that happens with novel, neutral stimuli that was never paired with other conditioned or unconditioned stimulus

Question 10

Operant

Answer 10

The basic unit of behavior

Question 11

Operant conditioning

Answer 11

Responding is conditioned through manipulation of consequences, according to the law of effect

Question 12

Three term contingency

Answer 12

Behavior is explained by analyzing it, according to the antecedent stimuli, and the consequences that follow

Question 13

Reinforcer

Answer 13

Stimulus change that follows a behavioral response and increases the likelihood that response will occur again

Question 14

Punisher

Answer 14

Stimulus change that follows a behavioral response and decreases the likelihood of response recurring

Question 15

Radical Behaviorism

Answer 15

School of behaviorism that views behavior as a natural event, resulting exclusively from interactions with the environment

Question 16

ABC recording

Answer 16

A method of descriptive data collection, in which the antecedents and consequences surrounding a behavior of interest are recorded

Question 17

Motivating operation

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An event or condition that alters the value of consequence in the probability of behaviors that have been previously associated with such consequences, MOs may be categorized as establishing or abolishing

Question 18

Single subject design

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Research method in which treatment effectiveness is shown by demonstrating change from one condition to the next in an individual or small group

Question 19

Token economy

Answer 19

A system of behavior change in which desired behaviors are reinforce with tokens, which can be accumulated and exchanged for other reinforces

Question 20

Positive behavior support

Answer 20

An approach to supporting people who have challenging behavior that utilizes applied behavior analysis align with the values of normalization and person centered care

Question 21

Functional analysis

Answer 21

Direct form of functional behavior assessment in which antecedents and consequences are systematically tested to determine the controlling variables of a specific target behavior

Question 22

Functional communication training

Answer 22

A differential reinforcement technique that teaches the person to engage in communicative responses as a replacement for a problem behavior

Question 23

Delay/denial tolerance

Answer 23

A component of functional communication training that teaches the learner to first except delays in receiving requested item/activities, then to accept denials without displaying problem behavior