Behavior Principles
This type of reinforcement increases behavior by adding a pleasant stimulus.
What is positive reinforcement?
A stop sign signals a driver to stop. This type of stimulus signals that a behavior will be reinforced.
What is a discriminative stimulus (SD)?
This verbal operant is controlled by a motivating operation and results in a request.
What is a mand?
This type of motivating operation increases the effectiveness of a reinforcer and increases behavior.
What is an Establishing Operation (EO)?
A group of stimuli that share common features and evoke the same response is called this.
What is a stimulus class?
This procedure decreases behavior by removing or reducing a pleasant stimulus following the behavior.
What is negative punishment?
This type of stimulus signals that a behavior will not be reinforced.
What is an S-delta (SΔ)?
This verbal operant is under the control of a nonverbal stimulus and involves labeling or describing the environment.
What is a tact?
This type of motivating operation decreases the effectiveness of a reinforcer and reduces behavior.
What is an Abolishing Operation (AO)?
A set of responses that produce the same consequence is known as this.
What is a response class?
When a behavior stops occurring because it is no longer reinforced, this procedure is in effect.
What is extinction?
When a behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli that are similar but not identical to the original stimulus, this process is happening.
What is stimulus generalization?
This type of verbal behavior involves imitating a model and has point-to-point correspondence with the model.
What is an echoic?
When a child is hungry, food becomes more reinforcing, making them more likely to ask for it. This is an example of this type of MO.
What is an EO (Establishing Operation)?
When a child says “dog” for a Golden Retriever, Labrador, and Beagle after learning one example, this demonstrates a stimulus class based on shared features.
What is feature stimulus class?
A motivating operation that increases the effectiveness of a reinforcer and increases behavior is called this.
What is an establishing operation (EO)?
When a behavior occurs only in the presence of a specific stimulus and not others, this process is demonstrated.
What is stimulus discrimination?
This verbal operant occurs in response to another verbal stimulus, but does not match the stimulus directly. It is often used in conversation or answering questions.
What is an intraverbal?
When a person has just eaten a full meal, food is less reinforcing, and they are less likely to ask for snacks. This is an example of this type of MO.
What is an AO (Abolishing Operation)?
A response class can include different topographies that serve the same function. For example, raising a hand, saying “pick me,” or tapping a desk to gain attention are part of the same class. This type of control is called:
What is a functional response class?
When a behavior is increased or decreased depending on its consequences, this fundamental principle of behavior is demonstrated, often summarized as “behavior is a function of its consequences.”
What is the principle of operant conditioning (or reinforcement/punishment principles)?
A child says “dog” when seeing a Labrador, Golden Retriever, and Beagle after learning to say “dog” for one breed. This demonstrates behavior under the control of stimuli that share a common feature, which is an example of this advanced stimulus control.
What is concept formation / generalized stimulus control?
This verbal operant involves reading written words aloud or writing words dictated verbally, depending on whether the response is spoken or written.
What is textual (reading) or transcription (writing)?
Motivating operations are important in ABA because they temporarily alter the value of a consequence and influence the probability of a behavior. This principle explains why behavior may vary across different situations even when the stimulus and reinforcement are the same.
What is the functional role of MOs in behavior?
When multiple stimuli belong to a class because they evoke the same response due to common consequences or relational properties, this broader type of stimulus class is demonstrated.
What is a conditional or arbitrary stimulus class?