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Vocab Exam Flashcards

1
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A learned response elicited by the presentation of a conditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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2
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There’s no such thing.

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Forget Forgetting

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3
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Reinforce behavior, not people

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Reinforce Behavior

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4
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Rats think

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The simplistic Cognitivist Error (SCE)

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5
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People don’t think

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The simplistic Behaviorist Error (SBE)

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6
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The doctrine that the mind causes behavior to occur

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Mentalism

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7
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analogous behaviors are homologous behaviors

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The Simplistic Biological Determinist Error (SBDE)

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8
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The simultaneous training of all links in a behavioral chain

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Total-Task Presentation

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9
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A reinforcer follows a fixed number of responses

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Fixed-Ratio

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10
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Behavior that more closely approximates terminal behavior

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Intermediate Behavior

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11
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Withholding a reinforcer increases relevant learning and performance

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Deprivation

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12
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Selecting a comparison stimulus corresponding to a sample stimulus.

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Matching to Sample

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13
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Record or evidence that the behavior has occurred

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Products of Behavior

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14
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To call a behavior or process a thing

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The Error of Reification

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15
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The time from the beginning to the end of a response

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Duration

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16
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The effects of our action determine whether we will repeat them.

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The Law of Effect

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17
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A stimulus that precedes an aversive condition and thus becomes learned aversive stimulus

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Warning Stimulus

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18
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A unlearned response elicited by the presentation of an unconditioned stimulus

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Unconditioned Response (UR)

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19
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An approach that attempts to modify behavior by modifying the cognitive structure

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Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM)

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20
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A stimulus that increases the future frequency of a response, its removal (termination) follows

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Aversive Stimulus

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21
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The phase of an experiment or intervention where the behavior is measured in the absence of an intervention

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Baseline

22
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The occasion for a response, the response, and the outcome of the response

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Behavioral Contingency

23
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Pay is contingent on specific achievements

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Pay for Performance

24
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A condition not containing the presumed crucial value of the independent variable

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Control Condition

25
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A group of subjects exposed to the presumed crucial value of the independent variable

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Experimental Group

26
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A set of stimuli all of which have some common physical property

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Stimulus Class

27
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A reinforcer follows the response only once in a while

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Intermittent Reinforcement

28
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A reinforcer follows each response

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Continuous Reinforcement (CRF)

29
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The behavioral term for language

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Verbal Behavior

30
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A muscle, glandular, or neuro-electrical activity

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Behavior

31
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The study of the principles of behavior

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Behavior Analysis

32
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A set of skills

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Repertoire

33
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The physical properties of a stimulus

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Stimulus Dimensions

34
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Intensity of a response

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Force

35
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The doctrine that the mind is spiritual (nonphysical)

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Spiritual Mentalism

36
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Stimuli resulting from acts of aggression

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Aggression Reinforcer

37
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The physical properties of a response

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Response Dimensions

38
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Preventing the opportunity (or occasion) for a response

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Forgetting Procedure

39
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The use of no unnecessary concepts, principles, or assumptions.

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Parsimony

40
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Always pinpoint specific behaviors when you deal with a behavioral Be concrete or (psych) problem

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Be concrete

41
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If a dead nan can do it, it probably isn’t behavior.

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Dead-Man Test

42
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A stimulus that increased the frequency of a response it follows

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Reinforcer (Positive Reinforcer)

43
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The time from the beginning to the end of a resposne

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Duration

44
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The extent to which a research design eliminates confounding variables

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Internal Validity

45
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The continuing of a performance after it was first established

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Performance maintenance.

46
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A supplemental stimulus that raises the probability of a correct response.

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Prompt

47
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The frequency of responding before reinforcement

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Operant Level

48
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The doctrine that the world is divided into two parts, material and spiritual

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Spiritualism

49
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Private behavior (not visible to the outside behavior)

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Covert Behavior

50
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Behavior under the control of a rule

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Rule-governed Behavior

51
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A description of a behavioral contingency

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Rule

52
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the doctrine that physical (material) world is the only reality.

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Materialism

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