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Frequency - ANS-Counting how often a specific behavior occurs
Rate - ANS-Number of responses divided by the standard time period
Duration - ANS-Total time elapsed between the start of the behavior and its completion
Duration - ANS-Henry engaged in a tantrum 3 times. His tantrums lasted for a total of
1.5 hours. These tantrums were over a three day weekend and he had 1 tantrum per
day.
Response Latency - ANS-Measure of elapsed time between onset of stimulus and
initiation of response
Latency - ANS-The time that elapses from the signal to begin until the response occurs.
Ex. Runner after hearing starting gun, teacher responding after student raises hand.
Interresponse time - ANS-Amount of time that elapses between two consecutive
instances of a response class.
Ex. Clapping hands
Procedures for Measuring Behavior - ANS-1. Event recording 2. Timing 3. Time
sampling methods
Unconditioned reinforcer
- ANS-Present at birth
A reinforcer that happens naturally without any previous training. Ex. food, air, sleep,
and sex
Conditioned - ANS-Must be learned
It's paired with the unconditioned reinforcer that produces a similar change in behavior.
Ex. using a jacket to keep warm
Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - ANS-Signals the availability of reinforcement.
Triggers a particular behavior
, Motivating Operation - ANS-Changes the effectiveness of a reinforcer.
Alters how likely you are to respond to the SD
Abolishing Operation (AO) - ANS-Two effects: Decreases the value of a stimulus as a
reinforcer and Does not evoke behavior that has gotten that stimulus in the past.
Satiation
Ex. Ate at buffet- decreases value of food
Slept in all morning- decreases the value of sleep
Establishing Operation (EO) - ANS-Two effects: Increases the value of a stimulus as a
reinforcer and Evokes behavior that has gained that reinforcer in the past.
Deprivation-Hungry= no food. Increases the value of food
Motivating Operation (MO) - ANS-Two effects: Value Altering- Affect how much you
want something.
Behavior Altering- Affect what you will do to get it- behavior altering effect
three-term contingency - ANS-The continued study of motivating operations is most
important to understanding in what field of applied behavior analysis
Conditioned reinforcer - ANS-Are established based on a history of pairing with
established reinforcers
Temporal order of 4 term contingency of pos. reinforcement - ANS-Establishing
operation to discriminative stimulus to response to reinforcing stimulus
Behavior analysts reinforce - ANS-behavior
Reinforcer - ANS-The stimulus change responsible for the increase in responding
Discriminative stimulus - ANS-An antecedent stimulus that evokes behavior because it
has been correlated with the availability of reinforcement
Generalized Conditioned reinforcer - ANS-A conditioned reinforcer that does not
depend on a current establishing operation for any particular form of reinforcement for
its effectiveness
Frequency - ANS-Counting how often a specific behavior occurs
Rate - ANS-Number of responses divided by the standard time period
Duration - ANS-Total time elapsed between the start of the behavior and its completion
Duration - ANS-Henry engaged in a tantrum 3 times. His tantrums lasted for a total of
1.5 hours. These tantrums were over a three day weekend and he had 1 tantrum per
day.
Response Latency - ANS-Measure of elapsed time between onset of stimulus and
initiation of response
Latency - ANS-The time that elapses from the signal to begin until the response occurs.
Ex. Runner after hearing starting gun, teacher responding after student raises hand.
Interresponse time - ANS-Amount of time that elapses between two consecutive
instances of a response class.
Ex. Clapping hands
Procedures for Measuring Behavior - ANS-1. Event recording 2. Timing 3. Time
sampling methods
Unconditioned reinforcer
- ANS-Present at birth
A reinforcer that happens naturally without any previous training. Ex. food, air, sleep,
and sex
Conditioned - ANS-Must be learned
It's paired with the unconditioned reinforcer that produces a similar change in behavior.
Ex. using a jacket to keep warm
Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - ANS-Signals the availability of reinforcement.
Triggers a particular behavior
, Motivating Operation - ANS-Changes the effectiveness of a reinforcer.
Alters how likely you are to respond to the SD
Abolishing Operation (AO) - ANS-Two effects: Decreases the value of a stimulus as a
reinforcer and Does not evoke behavior that has gotten that stimulus in the past.
Satiation
Ex. Ate at buffet- decreases value of food
Slept in all morning- decreases the value of sleep
Establishing Operation (EO) - ANS-Two effects: Increases the value of a stimulus as a
reinforcer and Evokes behavior that has gained that reinforcer in the past.
Deprivation-Hungry= no food. Increases the value of food
Motivating Operation (MO) - ANS-Two effects: Value Altering- Affect how much you
want something.
Behavior Altering- Affect what you will do to get it- behavior altering effect
three-term contingency - ANS-The continued study of motivating operations is most
important to understanding in what field of applied behavior analysis
Conditioned reinforcer - ANS-Are established based on a history of pairing with
established reinforcers
Temporal order of 4 term contingency of pos. reinforcement - ANS-Establishing
operation to discriminative stimulus to response to reinforcing stimulus
Behavior analysts reinforce - ANS-behavior
Reinforcer - ANS-The stimulus change responsible for the increase in responding
Discriminative stimulus - ANS-An antecedent stimulus that evokes behavior because it
has been correlated with the availability of reinforcement
Generalized Conditioned reinforcer - ANS-A conditioned reinforcer that does not
depend on a current establishing operation for any particular form of reinforcement for
its effectiveness
