Terms
all activity of living organisms
What is behavior
A process used to teach a new behavior by reinforcing successive approximations to the target behavior
What is shaping
a request
What is a mand
the act of an instructor bonding with a learner to become a reinforcer for that learner
What is pairing
reinforcing all other behaviors within a time interval besides the target behavior.
What is differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO)
Teacher: "Twinkle twinkle little" Child: "star" This is an example of
What is an intraverbal
this occurs directly after a behavior has been emitted
What is consequence
withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior
What is extinction
an increase in the frequency of responding when an extinction procedure is initially implemented
What is an extinction burst
a single instance of behavior
What is a response
a system of reinforcement that uses symbols which can be exchanged for other reinforcers
What is token economy
four functions of behavior
What is access to tangibles, escape, attention and automatic reinforcement
These are the verbal operants (there are 4!)
What is mand, tact, intraverbal and echoic
These are the 4 basic schedules of reinforcement
What is fixed ratio, variable ratio, fixed interval, & variable ratio
In order for an item to be considered generalized, it must be across
What is across people, settings and stimuli