EDF 6225 MOD 9 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED

EDF 6225 MOD 9 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED

motivating operations

environmental vairables that alter the effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event as

reinforcer

Value altering effect

either an increase or decrease in the reinforcers effectiveness

-establishing operation

-abolishing operation

behavior altering

either an increase or decrease in the current frequency of a behavior

-evocative effect

-abative effect

establishing operation (EO)

MO that increases the effectiveness of a reinforcer

abolishing operation (AO)

MO that decreases the effectiveness of a reinforcer

MO vs SD

MO defines if reinforcement is effective and SD tells you if reinforcement is available

Unconditioned motivating operation (UMO)

events, operations and stimulus with value altering effects that are unlearned

, 9 examples of UMO

deprivation of:

-food

-water

-sex

-sleep

-oxygen

-activity

being too warm

being too cold

increase in pain

UMO for punishment

alters the punishing effectiveness and alters frequency of behavior that does not

depend on learner history

conditioned motivating operation (CMO)

motivating variables that alter the reinforcers effectiveness due to learner history

surrogate CMO (CMO-S)

takes the place of a different MO (ex. water fountain takes the place of UMO of water

deprivation)

reflexive CMO (CMO-R)

makes its own removal effective as reinforcement (trying to avoid aversive event) ex:

student being asked to do something and does it to remove the demand

transitive CMO (CMO-T)