Behavior
Reading, riding a bike, and drinking water.
What are 3 examples of behaviors?
All of the behaviors a person can do. As well, learned multiple repertoires.
What is repertoire?
group of responses that with the same function or produces the same effect on the environment
What is a response class?
full set of physical circumstances in which the organism exists
What is environment?
any group of stimuli sharing a predetermined set of common elements in one or more of the 3 dimensions
What is stimulus class?
movement of an organism by the organism itself or by various external objects
What is behavior, according to Skinner?
a specific instance of a behavior
What is response?
drinking with a straw, drinking from a water bottle, and drinking from a cup all have the same effect on the environment: accessing water.
What is an example of a response class in your everyday life?
an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells
What is a stimulus?
Formal, Temporal, and Functional
What are the 3 dimensions of stimulus class?
portion of an organism's interaction with its environment that involves movement of some part of the organism
What is behavior, according to Johnston and Pennypacker?
action of an organism's effector
What is a technical definition for response?
Using a pencil to write, cutting out pieces of paper for a science project, reading an assigned book.
What is an example of a response class in a typical classroom for completing homework?
Exteroceptors, interoceptors, proprioceptors
What are the 3 receptor systems?
Examples are size, shape, color, intensity, weight, and spatial position relative to other objects
What is the formal dimension of stimuli?
it is a term that is in reference to a class of responses sharing certain functions.
What is the term behavior in reference to?
An organ at the end of an efferent nerve fiber that is specialized for altering its environment mechanically, chemically, or in terms of other energy changes
What is an effector?
Tapping and saying one's name are in the same response class
stimulus change, not static stimulus conditions
What does the environment influence behavior primarily by?
stimulus changes that occur before or after a behavior, it occurs within and across time
What is the temporal loci dimension of stimuli?
No. Behavior includes movement within the skin that is not accessible for observation by others.
Is behavior only accessible by observation; YES or NO?
physical shape or form of a behavior
What is response topography?
stimulus changes described through a functional analysis of their effects on behavior
What is the functional dimension of stimuli?