SPCE 689 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
abative effect - Answers 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 - Answers A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
behavior-altering effect - Answers 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 - Answers A motivating operation whose value-altering effect
depends on a learning history.
establishing operation - Answers A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
evocative effect - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers The occurrence of a previously punished type of
response without its punishing consequence. This procedure is analogous to the extinction of
previously reinforced behavior and has the effect of undoing the effect of the punishment.
Reflexive conditioned motivating operations - Answers A stimulus that acquires MO
effectiveness by preceding some form of worsening or improvement. It is exemplified by the
warning stimulus in a typical escape-avoidance procedure, which establishes its own offset as
reinforcement and evokes all behavior that has accomplished that offset.
Combinatorial Entailment - Answers Trained: A > B and B > C
Derived: A > C and C < A
Combinatorial Entailment - Answers Two or more stimulus relations can mutually combine
Generalized Operant - Answers An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the
abative effect - Answers 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 - Answers A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
behavior-altering effect - Answers 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 - Answers A motivating operation whose value-altering effect
depends on a learning history.
establishing operation - Answers A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
evocative effect - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers The occurrence of a previously punished type of
response without its punishing consequence. This procedure is analogous to the extinction of
previously reinforced behavior and has the effect of undoing the effect of the punishment.
Reflexive conditioned motivating operations - Answers A stimulus that acquires MO
effectiveness by preceding some form of worsening or improvement. It is exemplified by the
warning stimulus in a typical escape-avoidance procedure, which establishes its own offset as
reinforcement and evokes all behavior that has accomplished that offset.
Combinatorial Entailment - Answers Trained: A > B and B > C
Derived: A > C and C < A
Combinatorial Entailment - Answers Two or more stimulus relations can mutually combine
Generalized Operant - Answers An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the
