Basic Concepts & Vocab
An organism's interaction with its environment that involves movement of some part of the organism is...
Behavior
Stimuli whose temporal stimulus class occurs after a behavior of interest.
Consequence
When an RBT holds up a goldfish, Maria brings her a "goldfish" card and gets the goldfish. Maria does this 4 times on Tuesday, and 8 times on Thursday.
Positive Reinforcement
This is what MO stands for.
Motivating Operation
This is when you would receive a reinforcer on a FR-4 schedule.
After the fourth response
This describes what a specific behavior looks like; the physical shape or form of that behavior.
Response Topography
An energy change in the environment that occurs directly before a behavior of interest.
Antecedent
Julius has his chair moved to the corner, away from his desk pod, for talking. The next week he is as quiet as a mouse.
Negative Punishment
This type of MO makes a reinforcer temporarily less valuable and is often associated with satiation.
Abolishing Operation
This is when you would receive a reinforcer on an FI-10 minute interval.
The first response that occurs after a 10 minute interval.
An energy change that affects an organism.
Stimulus
A stimulus in the presence of which a specific behavior is more likely to occur, and in its absence it is less likely to occur; indicates a specific consequence is available.
Discriminative Stimulus, or SD
Willow was reading in her desk during instruction. Her teacher called her name loudly and asked her to answer a question. Willow did not take out her book for several days.
Positive Punishment
This is the only socially-mediated contingency, or function, that is considered negative reinforcement.
Escape
When you order something from Amazon, it can arrive anywhere between 1 and 5 days. Checking the app or front door would be on this type of schedule.
VI-3 days
Everything except the moving parts of the organism involved in the target behavior; includes external, physical, and internal influences.
Environment
This occurs when reinforcement is withheld from all behaviors in a previously reinforced response class.
Samantha hates ELA. Every day during ELA she is sent in the hall for talking back, where she waves to her friends who go get water and high fives other teachers. When she goes back in the class, the students are shifting to math.
Negative AND Positive Reinforcement
Getting likes and comments on a social media post is an example of this type of function.
Attention
You are terrible at texting. It usually takes your partner several texts - even up to 6 - before you respond. Your partner is accessing your attention / response on this type of schedule (no number).
Variable Ratio
A sneeze is an example of this.
Respondent Behavior
The technical term for the response that is under stimulus control of an SD.
Discriminated Operant
Nasir was attentive, answered questions in class, and completed all of his in-class work. His teacher gave him a homework pass, and he didn't have to do his homework that night. Nasir continued being an engaged student all week!
Negative Reinforcement
Sensory /Automatic function is developed through __________ conditioning.
Operant
This type of compound schedule is when two or more basic schedules occur successively, in an alternating or inconsistent patter, and with an SD.
Multiple Schedule