Vocab List 6

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Premack Reinforcer

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Access to a high probability behavior is used to reinforce a lower probability behavior (grandma’s rule) access to highly desired activity contingent upon completion of less desired activity

Question 1

Secondary Reinforcer

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A consequence that was previously neutral, but has become a reinforcer through pairing with a previously established reinforcer ($ when paired with the commodities it purchases) aka conditioned reinforcer or generalized reinforcer

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Primary Reinforcer

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A reinforcer that is effective without any prior learning

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Positive Behavioral Support

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Another term for ABA. Includes a more strict prohibition on aversives, and emphasizes social justice considerations and systems-level change

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Overt Behavior

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Refers to behavior that can be observed by more than one individual

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Overcorrection

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Set of behavior-reduction procedures wherein an individual must correct the environmental impact of their inappropriate behavior, and often must practice appropriate behavior

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Neutral Stimulus

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An antecedent stimulus that has no behavior eliciting effect within the classical conditioning paradigm.
Wishing the operant conditioning paradigm, a stimulus that has no behavior-altering properties when used as a consequence.

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Magnitude

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This is a measure of the intensity of behavior. Examples include the loudness of verbalized ions and force of motor responses.

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Inter-Response Time/ Inter-Response Interval

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The amount of time in between target responses by the student

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Inter-Trial Interval

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The time between the end of one trial and the beginning of the next trial by the interventionist

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Intermittent Reinforcement

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Reinforcing only some substances of a given behavior, but not each time the behavior occurs.

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Inhibitory Stimulus

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An antecedent that leads to a decrease in the probability of a behavior being emitted.

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Habituation

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A decrease in response to a particular stimulus, as a result of repeated exposure to the same stimulus

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Fading

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Gradually removing any extra prompts one has introduced into a teaching situation

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Establishing Operation

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An alteration in the environment that affects the power of other stimuli to serve as reinforcers and antecedent stimuli.

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Elicit

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Behavior that is not considered under voluntary control

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Duration

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A measure of the length of time engaged in a given behavior. Can also refer to the length of time of a stimulus presentation

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Descending

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Refers to behavior that is decreasing in value

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Dead Man’s (Person’s) Test

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A guiding principle in the creation of behavioral goals and behavior treatment plans. States that anything a dead person can do is not a behavior. Reminder to emphasize the behavior we want to see, not the behavior we don’t want to see

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Criterion

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The level of skill that is set as an objective for an individual’s behavior goal.

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Competing Behavior

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Behavior that interferes with the learning process, or interferes with an individual’s ability to function in a less restrictive environment

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Coercive Procedures

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not advocated by ABA. Methods involved in changing a persons behavior through severe punishment, deprivation, and/or extremely powerful reinforcers that are not considered socially acceptable

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Chaining

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Teaching procedure wherein one attempts to link various simple individual responses together to make one, longer complex behavior

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Changing-Criterion Design

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Single-subject design in which the different experimental phases consist of systematic changes in what is required for the target response

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Behaviorology

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The science of applied behavior analysts

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Behavior Trap

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A situation in which an individual’s behavior is maintained by its il contact with reinforcers that are naturally produced by the emission of that behavior.

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Ascending

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Behavior that is increasing in value. Often used in analysis of behavior graphs, it refers to a behavior where the overall trend depicts increasing values of behavior

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Air Crib

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A temperature and humidity controlled crib for human infants developed by skinner. It was developed to allow children freedom in the crib, without the need for heavy clothing and blankets

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Latency

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A behavioral measure referring to the length of time required for a behavior to occur following a specific stimulus

Question 29

Continuous Reinforcement (CRF)

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A schedule of reinforcement wherein every instance of a target behavior is reinforced