Behaviorism
This philosophy assumes behavior is lawful and determined by environmental variables.
What is behaviorism?
A consequence that increases behavior by adding a stimulus.
What is positive reinforcement?
Records whether a behavior occurred.
What is event recording?
First phase before intervention.
What is baseline?
Signals reinforcement is available.
What is an SD?
The belief that science seeks natural explanations for events.
What is determinism?
Increases behavior by removing an aversive stimulus.
What is negative reinforcement?
Number of responses per unit time.
What is rate?
Introduces intervention across behaviors, settings, or participants at different times.
What is a multiple baseline design?
Responding differently to similar stimuli.
What is discrimination?
The philosophical position that focuses on observable events.
What is empiricism?
Decreases behavior by removing a preferred stimulus.
What is negative punishment?
Records if behavior occurred at any time during an interval.
What is whole interval recording?
Repeated alternation of conditions.
What is a multielement design?
Responding similarly across stimuli.
What is generalization?
Simple explanations should be ruled out before complex ones.
What is parsimony?
Temporary increase in behavior when reinforcement stops.
What is an extinction burst?
Percentage agreement between observers.
What is IOA?
Useful for shaping through successive criteria.
What is a changing criterion design?
Transfers stimulus control from prompts.
What is prompt fading?
Scientific findings should be replicable and questioned.
What is philosophic doubt?
Reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses.
What is a variable ratio schedule?
Dimension referring to how long behavior lasts.
What is duration?
Strong design demonstrating functional relation.
What is an ABAB reversal design?
Neutral stimulus becomes capable of evoking a response.
What is respondent conditioning?