EDF 6225 MODULE 9 MOTIVATION OPEARATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Antecedent Events
An environmental condition or stimulus change existing or occuring prior to a behavior
of interest.
Ex:
- Eliciting stimulus (UCS, CS) elicits a reflexive response,
- Discriminative stimulus (occasions a response/signals availability of RNF)
- Establishing/Abolishing operations (alters the value of the reinforcer)
Motivating Operation (MO)
Environmental Variables (lighting, time of day, and weather conditions) that:
-Alter the effectiveness of some stimulus objects or events as reinforcers.
-Alter the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus,
object or event.
VALUE ALTERING
BEHAVIOR ALTERING
value-altering effect
ESTABLISHING/ABOLISHING
, - An alteration (increase or decrease) in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus,
object, or event as a result of a motivating operation.
- Influences the potency of a reinforcer to increase future frequency of bx
• EO: an increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or
event
• AO: a decrease in reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event
behavior-altering effect
EVOCATIVE/ABATIVE
- An increase (evocative effect) or decrease (abative effect) in the current frequency of a
behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object or event in the past.
- Interpreted as a change in frequency due to the organism’s bx contacting
reinforcement
• Can refer to response frequency, magnitude, latency, etc.
EO: Increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event
AO: Decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some
stimulus, object, or event
Antecedent Variables
Alter the current frequency of all behavior relevant to that MO or SD.
Operant variables
Control response frequency due to their relation to reinforcing or punishing
consequences
Sd
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Antecedent Events
An environmental condition or stimulus change existing or occuring prior to a behavior
of interest.
Ex:
- Eliciting stimulus (UCS, CS) elicits a reflexive response,
- Discriminative stimulus (occasions a response/signals availability of RNF)
- Establishing/Abolishing operations (alters the value of the reinforcer)
Motivating Operation (MO)
Environmental Variables (lighting, time of day, and weather conditions) that:
-Alter the effectiveness of some stimulus objects or events as reinforcers.
-Alter the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus,
object or event.
VALUE ALTERING
BEHAVIOR ALTERING
value-altering effect
ESTABLISHING/ABOLISHING
, - An alteration (increase or decrease) in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus,
object, or event as a result of a motivating operation.
- Influences the potency of a reinforcer to increase future frequency of bx
• EO: an increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or
event
• AO: a decrease in reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event
behavior-altering effect
EVOCATIVE/ABATIVE
- An increase (evocative effect) or decrease (abative effect) in the current frequency of a
behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object or event in the past.
- Interpreted as a change in frequency due to the organism’s bx contacting
reinforcement
• Can refer to response frequency, magnitude, latency, etc.
EO: Increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event
AO: Decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some
stimulus, object, or event
Antecedent Variables
Alter the current frequency of all behavior relevant to that MO or SD.
Operant variables
Control response frequency due to their relation to reinforcing or punishing
consequences
Sd
