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SPCE 689 Final Questions and Correct
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abative effect
Ans: 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
Abolishing operation
Ans: A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
behavior-altering effect
Ans: 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.
conditioned motivating operation
Ans: A motivating operation whose value-altering effect
depends on a learning history.
establishing operation
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Ans: A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
evocative effect
Ans: an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing
effectiveness by the same motivating operation
function-altering effect
Ans: 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.
motivating operation
Ans: An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing or
punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event; and
alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been
reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event
recovery from punishment procedure
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SPCE 689 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
abative effect
Ans: 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
Abolishing operation
Ans: A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
behavior-altering effect
Ans: 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.
conditioned motivating operation
Ans: A motivating operation whose value-altering effect
depends on a learning history.
establishing operation
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Ans: A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
evocative effect
Ans: an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing
effectiveness by the same motivating operation
function-altering effect
Ans: 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.
motivating operation
Ans: An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing or
punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event; and
alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been
reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event
recovery from punishment procedure
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