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behavior
Ans: anything a person does that can be observed and measured
instructional control
Ans: the likelihood your instructions elicit a correct response from your
client. you are building a history of reinforcing compliance
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positive reinforcement
Ans: the contingent presentation of a stimulus immediately following a
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response that increases the likelihood of the response in the future
negative reinforcement
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Ans: the removal, termination, or postponement of a stimulus, which
increases the likelihood of the response in the future
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primary/unconditioned reinforcers
Ans: items or activities that are naturally reinforcing. no learning takes
place for these to be reinforcing
secondary/conditioned reinforcers
Ans: items or activities that acquire reinforcing properties when paired
with primary reinforcers. learning takes place to make these reinforcing.
positive punishment
Ans: a consequence that follows a behavior and decreases the rate of that
behavior
negative punishment
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Ans: the act of withdrawing an event contingent on a behavior that
decreases the rate of that behavior
principles of reinforcement
Ans: deprivation/satiation, immediacy, size, contingency
deprivation
Ans: the reinforcer will be more effective because the client has been
deprived of it. establishing operations
immediacy
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Ans: a reinforcer must be delivered immediately following a behavior to
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make sure you are actually reinforcing that behavior.
size
Ans: the amount of reinforcement given must be worthwhile, or
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appropriate for the activity
contingency
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Ans: the reinforcer should only be delivered when a desired behavior
occurs
continuous reinforcement
Ans: the target behavior occurs and is reinforced after every occurrence
intermittent reinforcement
Ans: the target behavior occurs, and reinforcers follow some of the
occurrences
ratio
Ans: the rate of responding/amount of responses