What can be either positive or negative and is defined by its effect on behavior?
Reinforcement
100
Name one method for choosing effective reinforcers
Ask
Observe
Sample
Assess/survey
100
An antecedent stimulus _____________ a behavior
Precedes
Comes before
100
The behavior in a behavioral objective must be ________ and __________
Observable and measurable
100
Reinforcing a behavior that is topographically incompatible with the behavior targeted for reduction is called ____________
Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior
200
What are consequences?
Stimuli or events which immediately follow a response
200
Foods and liquids are called __________ reinforcers
Primary
Unlearned
Unconditioned
200
Reinforcing successive approximations to a specified target behavior is called
Shaping
200
In a behavioral objective, the standard for minimally acceptable performance is called the _________________
Criterion
200
Gathering information in order to form a hypothesis about the events that are triggering and/or maintaining a behavior is called ___________________________
Functional assessment
300
The contingent removal of an aversive stimulus immediately following a response that serves to increase the likelihood that the response will occur again in the future is called __________________________
Negative reinforcement
300
Reinforcing each occurrence of a behavior is called
Continuous reinforcement
300
A behavior is under ___________________ when an antecedent serves as a cue for the behavior to occur
Stimulus control
300
Recording the amount of time that elapses between the presentation of a stimulus or cue and the initiation of a response is called __________
Latency recording
300
The contingent presentation of a stimulus immediately following a behavior which decreases the likelihood that the behavior will occur in the future is called __________
Punishment
400
Behaviorists believe that behaviors are
Learned
400
If I reinforce Anna on the average of every 5 minutes she remains in her seat, I am using a ___________ schedule of reinforcement
Variable interval
400
Name three types of prompts
Verbal
Visual
Model/gesture
Physical
400
When we time how long a behavior lasts we are using _________________ recording
Duration
400
Using multiple examples (people, materials, settings) when we teach is a method for facilitating __________________
Generalization
500
Withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior to reduce the occurrence of the behavior is called ___________________
Extinction
500
Brendan tears up his worksheet in order to escape math. If his teacher sends Brendan to time out when he rips up his work, the teacher is __________________ Brendan's behavior.
Negatively reinforcing
500
Breaking down a complex behavior into its component parts (or steps) is called ______________
Task analysis
500
Recording whether or not the target behavior occurred at the end of a specified interval is called ______________
Momentary time sampling
500
Stimuli that are initially neutral but acquire reinforcing qualities through pairing with a primary reinforcer are called _____________ reinforcers