Behavioral Principles and Concepts Flashcards
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The process by which a neutral stimulus gains the ability to elicit a response after repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus is called:
Answer: Classical (respondent) conditioning
Classical conditioning pairs a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus alone elicits the conditioned response.
In ABA, 'extinction burst' refers to:
Answer: A temporary increase in frequency or intensity of behavior when reinforcement is first removed
An extinction burst is a temporary surge in the rate, intensity, or variability of a behavior when reinforcement is initially withheld.
A motivating operation (MO) that increases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus and increases behavior that has produced that stimulus is called a(n):
Answer: Establishing operation (EO)
An establishing operation (EO) increases the value of a reinforcer and increases the frequency of behavior that has produced that reinforcer in the past.
Which punishment procedure involves removing a positive reinforcer contingent on a problem behavior?
Answer: Response cost
Response cost is a negative punishment procedure in which a specified amount of a positive reinforcer is removed contingent on a problem behavior.
When a behavior occurs at a high rate in a new environment without explicit training in that environment, this is called:
Answer: Stimulus generalization
Stimulus generalization occurs when a behavior trained under one set of stimulus conditions also occurs in the presence of similar, untrained stimuli.
The 'matching law' predicts that an organism will allocate its responses between two concurrent schedules in proportion to the:
Answer: Relative rate of reinforcement on each schedule
The matching law states that response allocation between concurrent schedules matches (is proportional to) the relative rate of reinforcement obtained from each.
Which of the following best describes 'shaping' in ABA?
Answer: Differentially reinforcing successive approximations toward a terminal behavior
Shaping uses differential reinforcement of successive approximations, reinforcing closer and closer versions of the target behavior until the terminal behavior is achieved.