PSY7709-UNIT 1 VOCAB

The development of a new behavior through reinforcement.
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The development of a new behavior through reinforcement.
Acquisition
A condition of an experiment in which the independent variable is not present.
baseline
The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and says.
behavior
A form of evaluation that involves a full range of inquiry methods to identify problematic antecedent and consequent controlling variables.
behavioral assessment
Disruptive behaviors which represent a major obstacle to habilitation. Severe aggression, self-injurious behavior, and violent tantrums are some of the behaviors that significantly restrict the lives of those who engage in them
challenging behavior
A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest
consequence
Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior and its controlling variables.
contingency
Behavior that is not observable to others
covert behavior
The results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form
data
The conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or referred part of an organism exists.
environment
A carefully controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest under two or more different conditions in which only one factor at a time differs from one condition to another.experimentDesignates responses as members of the targeted response class solely in terms of their common effect on the environment.function-based definitionA response behavior is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus, or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus, that decreases the future frequency of similar responses under similar conditions.negative punishmentA type of reinforcement in which the occurrence of the behavior is followed by the removal or avoidance of an aversive stimulus.negative reinforcementA behavior is followed immediately by the presentation of a stimulus that decreases the future frequency of the behavior.positive punishmentA type of reinforcement in which, contingent on the behavior, a stimulus or event is presented and the probability of the behavior increases in the future.positive reinforcementA statement describing a functional relation between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables with generality across organisms, species, settings, behavior, and time.principle of behaviorA process in which a neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus, which elicits an unconditioned response.respondent conditioningA single instance of an occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior.responseA group of responses of varying typography, all of which produce the same effect on the environment.response classAn environmental event that can be detected by one of the senses.stimulusA group of stimuli that all have the same functional effect on a particular behavior. For example, each stimulus in a stimulus class may function as a discriminative stimulus for a particular behavior.stimulus classRefers to the fact that every instance of behavior occurs during some amount of time.temporal extentRefers to the fact that every instance of behavior occurs at a certain point in time with respect to other events.temporal locusThe physical form or shape of behavior.topographyDefines instances of the targeted response class by the shape or form of the behavior.topography based definition