Joe and the Token Treasure: A Quest for Reinforcement!
A stimulus change that functions as a reinforcer because of a prior pairing with one or more reinforcers
conditioned reinforcer
The conditioning of reflexive behavior via stimulus - stimulus pairings
respondent conditioning
All events in the universe are orderly, lawful, predictable, and determined by physical causes
determinism
Radhika turns off New Girl while Eloise is watching it. Eloise screams at Radhika and flips a chair.
Tangible
List the 5 parameters of reinforcement that influence response allocation when given two or more response options
Frequency
Magnitude
Quality
Delay/Latency to reinforcer
Response effort
A decrease in the effect of a stimulus on the response following repeated presentations
habituation
Define: Motivating Operations
an event or stimulus condition that momentarily alters (a) the value of consequences that act as reinforcers and punishers and (b) the probability of behaviors that have produced those consequences in the past
Every time Dottie is watching tv Ryan chews a hole in the couch. When Dottie notices she yells at Ryan. In response he wags his tail and licks her. When Dottie stops yelling and returns to the tv Ryan chews the couch again.
Attention
Define Tandem schedules and give a lab example
Completion of schedule a produces schedule b
completion of schedule b produces reinforcer
no correlated stimuli
Lab: rate engages in 5 lever presses which produces the next schedule. rat engages in one lever press after 10s which produces a food pellet. there are no correlated stimulus
The tendency of conditioned response to occur immediately following a CS that varies slightly on some physical dimension
Respondent stimulus generalization
Elicting effects of one stimulus are enhanced as a result of presentations of some other stimulus
Sensitization
Every time Alison is assigned a task she threatens to eat a peanut (which she is highly allergic to). Her professors immediately tells her she doesn't have to do it and gives her compliments about how pretty she is.
Escape
Define chained schedules and give an applied example
During S(a), completion of schedule a produces S(b). During S(b) completion of schedule B produces reinforcer. Correlated stimuli
Applied: student completes 10 math problems (FR 10) on a green worksheet which produces the blue exit sheet. Student answers approx 3 questions on the exit ticket which produces the orange basket. student puts exit ticket in orange basket which produces recess
A type of respondent conditioning in which a neutral stimulus is paired with a CS and also becomes conditioned
Higher order conditioning
A type of respondent conditioning in which a CR is elicited by a stimulus that has been paired with US and is not elicited by a stimulus that has not been paired with the US
Respondent stimulus discrimination
Joey is running late to class and takes Joe's last diet coke out of the faculty fridge. Joe gets to SPED 7400 and realizes he doesn't have his diet coke. He tantrums for 10 minutes screaming "Diet Coke" repeatedly. Kahlo pulls out of her bag and hands to Joe. The tantrum stops and he carries on with class.
tangible