Module 1
What does the C stand for int he ABC Model?
Consequence
What is the difference between count and rate?
Count = frequency
Rate = Frequency within a unit of time
What is a reinforcer?
A stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the future probability of that behavior
Describe an unconditioned stimulus
A stimulus that elicits a response with no prior learning history required
Contrast structure versus function
Structure = what the behavior looks like
Function = what the behavior does
What does determinism assume about behavior?
Behavior is determined and lawful
Contrast primary and secondary reinforcers
Primary = serve some biological purpose, unlearned
Secondary = learned value, had to initially be paired with other reinforcers to acquire its value
Contrast the words evoke and elicit
Evoke = operant, voluntary, emitted behavior
Elicited = involuntary, respondent reflexive behavior
What is the best definition of learning?
A change in behavior due to experience
Contrast a stimulus and a receptor
Stimulus = the surrounding environment
Receptor = detects and converts stimuli into detectable signals
Increased deprivation __________ a reinforcers value, whereas decreased deprivation ________ a reinforcers value.
Increases, decreases
In discrete trial procedures what occurs during the ITI?
Nothing
From a behaviorists perspective, thoughts, feelings and emotions are
Themselves behavior, subject to the same environmental factors
What does an operational definition do?
Describes the behavior in observable and measurable terms so that it can be counted by others
Natural = produced by the behavior itself
contrived = delivered by another organism
Before conditioning, a bell produces no response. After being repeatedly paired with food, the bell alone now begins to elicit salivation. At this point, what has the bell become?
A conditioned stimulus
Behavior is best understood as the interaction between what and what?
An organism and its environment
What is the difference between topography and a dimension of behavior
Topography = what the behavior looks like
Dimension = measurable aspect of behavior
Describe the Premack Principle
Which of the pairing/conditioning methods is least effective?
Backwards