SPCE 609 SAFMEDS VERIFIED ACCURATE STUDY
GUIDE
Non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) - Answers - Reinforment is delivered on a
schedule independent of behavior.
Consequence - Answers - A stimulus change that follows a behavior.
Celeration - Answers - The change in rate of responding over time.
Conditioned Stimulus - Answers - A formerly neutral stimulus (NS) is paired with an
unconditioned stimulus (US) or another conditioned (CS) which now elicits a
conditioned reflex (CR)
Pragmatism - Answers - A philosophical position asserting that the truth value of a
statement is determined by how well it promotes effective action.
Fixed Ratio - Answers - Behavior is reinforced when it has occurred a specified number
of times. This schedule of reinforcement is utilized most often when establishing a new
behavior.
Concurrent Chains (Schedule) Design - Answers - An experimental design in which
participants have two or more response options resulting in different treatment
procedures.
Ratio Schedules - Answers - Schedules in which consequences are delivered after a
specified number of responses.
Radical Behaviorism - Answers - The study of all human behavior including public and
private events.
Behavior - Answers - The portion of an organisms interaction with the environment that
involves some movement of the organism
Behavioral Functions - Answers - A functional relation between a stimulus and
response. Stimulus change can have an immediate but temporary effect, or delayed but
permanent effect on behavior frequency
Limited Hold - Answers - A response must occur within a specified amount of time after
the end of the interval, or the interval is reset. May be a component of a variable interval
(VI) or fixed interval (FI) schedule.
, Philosophic Doubt - Answers - An attitude that the validity and truthfulness of specific
findings should be continually questioned.
Positive Punishment - Answers - A stimulus is ADDED to the environment following a
behavior which results in a DECREASE in future occurrences of that behavior
Discrete Trial - Answers - Any operant whose response rate is controlled by a given
opportunity to emit the response
Generalized Punisher - Answers - A conditioned punisher which has been associated
with a number of other punishers. Example: the word "no".
Contingency-Shaped Behavior - Answers - Behavior that is shaped through direct
experiences with contingencies.
Positive reinforcement - Answers - A stimulus is added to the environment following a
behavior which results in an increase in future occurrences of that behavior.
Continuous Schedule of Reinforcement - Answers - A fixed ratio schedule which
presents a reinforcer after each occurrence of behavior. This is often referred to as an
FR1 schedule.
Direct Measurement - Answers - The behavior that is measure is the same as the
behavior that is the focus of the investigation
Operant Behavior - Answers - Behavior that is selected, maintained, and brought under
stimulus control as a function of its consequence.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Answers - The process of analyzing and improving
socially significant behaviors through scientific method.
Continuous Measurement - Answers - Measurement procedures that capture every
occurrence of a behavior.
Discriminated Operant - Answers - An operant that occurs more frequently under certain
antecedents.
Methodological Behaviorism - Answers - A philosophical position that views behavioral
events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science.
Variable Interval - Answers - This schedule of reinforcement requires a varying amount
of time to elapse before reinforcement is provided.
Parsimony - Answers - The process of ruling out the simplest explanation first.
GUIDE
Non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) - Answers - Reinforment is delivered on a
schedule independent of behavior.
Consequence - Answers - A stimulus change that follows a behavior.
Celeration - Answers - The change in rate of responding over time.
Conditioned Stimulus - Answers - A formerly neutral stimulus (NS) is paired with an
unconditioned stimulus (US) or another conditioned (CS) which now elicits a
conditioned reflex (CR)
Pragmatism - Answers - A philosophical position asserting that the truth value of a
statement is determined by how well it promotes effective action.
Fixed Ratio - Answers - Behavior is reinforced when it has occurred a specified number
of times. This schedule of reinforcement is utilized most often when establishing a new
behavior.
Concurrent Chains (Schedule) Design - Answers - An experimental design in which
participants have two or more response options resulting in different treatment
procedures.
Ratio Schedules - Answers - Schedules in which consequences are delivered after a
specified number of responses.
Radical Behaviorism - Answers - The study of all human behavior including public and
private events.
Behavior - Answers - The portion of an organisms interaction with the environment that
involves some movement of the organism
Behavioral Functions - Answers - A functional relation between a stimulus and
response. Stimulus change can have an immediate but temporary effect, or delayed but
permanent effect on behavior frequency
Limited Hold - Answers - A response must occur within a specified amount of time after
the end of the interval, or the interval is reset. May be a component of a variable interval
(VI) or fixed interval (FI) schedule.
, Philosophic Doubt - Answers - An attitude that the validity and truthfulness of specific
findings should be continually questioned.
Positive Punishment - Answers - A stimulus is ADDED to the environment following a
behavior which results in a DECREASE in future occurrences of that behavior
Discrete Trial - Answers - Any operant whose response rate is controlled by a given
opportunity to emit the response
Generalized Punisher - Answers - A conditioned punisher which has been associated
with a number of other punishers. Example: the word "no".
Contingency-Shaped Behavior - Answers - Behavior that is shaped through direct
experiences with contingencies.
Positive reinforcement - Answers - A stimulus is added to the environment following a
behavior which results in an increase in future occurrences of that behavior.
Continuous Schedule of Reinforcement - Answers - A fixed ratio schedule which
presents a reinforcer after each occurrence of behavior. This is often referred to as an
FR1 schedule.
Direct Measurement - Answers - The behavior that is measure is the same as the
behavior that is the focus of the investigation
Operant Behavior - Answers - Behavior that is selected, maintained, and brought under
stimulus control as a function of its consequence.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Answers - The process of analyzing and improving
socially significant behaviors through scientific method.
Continuous Measurement - Answers - Measurement procedures that capture every
occurrence of a behavior.
Discriminated Operant - Answers - An operant that occurs more frequently under certain
antecedents.
Methodological Behaviorism - Answers - A philosophical position that views behavioral
events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science.
Variable Interval - Answers - This schedule of reinforcement requires a varying amount
of time to elapse before reinforcement is provided.
Parsimony - Answers - The process of ruling out the simplest explanation first.
