Consequences
Experimental Designs
IOA
Schedule of Reinforcement
Theories of Study
100
The discontinuation of reinforcement of a behavior that has been reinforced in the past.
What is extinction
100
Begins with application of the independent variable: the treatment
What is B-A-B Design
100
= (number of intervals of agreement) / (intervals in which either or both observers recorded occurrence) * 100% IOA index recommended for behaviors that occur at low rates
What is scored-interval IOA
100
Schedule of reinforcement that provides reinforcement for each occurrence of the target behavior
What is continuous reinforcement
100
The application of the science of learning to socially significant human behavior
What is Applied Behavior Analysis
200
The addition of an aversive stimulus following a behavior that decreases that behavior
What is positive punishment
200
The rapid alternation of two or more distinct treatments while their effects on the target behavior are measured.
What is Alternating Treatment Design
200
= (smaller of two observers' counts / larger of counts) * 100%
What is total count IOA
200
Contingency of reinforcement in which some, but not all, occurrences of the behavior produce reinforcement
What is Intermittent
200
The philosophy of the science of behavior
What is behaviorism
300
The sudden increase of behavior after extinction is implemented.
What is extinction burst
300
An experiment reintroducing the B condition enables the replication of treatment effects, which strengthens the demonstration of experimental control
What is A-B-A-B Design
300
= (shorter of two durations reported by observers / longer duration) * 100%
What is total duration IOA
300
Schedule of reinforcement that provides reinforcement for the first correct response following the elapse of variable duration of time occurring in a random or unpredictable order
What is variable interval
300
A philosophical aspect of ABA that holds that behavior follows general rules and laws and does not happen randomly
What is determinism
400
A 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.
What is negative punishment
400
The treatment design provides an experimentally sound and efficient method for comparing the effects of two or more treatments
What is Multielement Design
400
An IOA index for discrete trial data based on comparing the observers' counts (0 or 1)
What is trial-by-trial IOA
400
Compound schedule of reinforcement consisting of 2 or more basic schedules of reinforcement that occur in an alternating, usually random sequence
What is multiple schedule
400
The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest
What is empiricism
500
The reappearance of the behavior that had previously been diminished. It is usually short lived.
What is spontaneous recovery
500
An experimental Design in which an initial baseline phase is followed by a series of treatment phases consisting of successive and gradually changing criteria for reinforcement or punishment. Experimental control is evidenced by the extent the level of responding changes to conform to each new criterion.
What is Changing Criterion Design
500
= (number of intervals of agreement on non-occurrence) / (intervals in which either or both observers recorded non-occurrence) * 100% IOA index recommended for behaviors that occur at high rates
What is unscored-interval IOA
500
A schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement is delivered for the first response emitted following the passage of a fixed duration of time since the last response was reinforced
What is fixed interval (FI)
500
An approach to explaining behavior that assumes that a mental, or "inner," dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension and that phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or at least mediate some forms of behavior, if not all
What is metalism
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