Vocabulary
True or False
Questions
Multiple Choice
Examples
100

________ is (are) related to the differential reinforcing effectiveness of a particular type of environmental event.

What is motivating operations. 

100

True or false- The two types of value-altering effects are establishing and abolishing operations. 

What is true. 

100

What is a type of motivating operation with value-altering effects that are not learned?

What is unconditioned motivating operations. 

100

The term motivating operations encompasses ______ and ______ operations.

A. Establishing and abolishing B. Evocative and abative C. Conditioned and unconditioned D. Transitive and surrogate

What is A. establishing and abolishing operations. 

100

A parent deprives her child from video games until his ABA session to increase the child's response rate with work tasks. This is an example of what effect?

What is the evocative effect?

200

An operation that decreases the current effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as reinforcement. 

What is an abolishing operation

200

True or false- A motivating operation that accomplishes what the original motivating operation it was paired with did is a reflexive CMO. 

What is false. 

200

What type of effect are evocative and abative effects?

What is behavior altering effect

200

A motivating operation whose value-altering effect depends on a learning history is A. Conditioned motivating operation (CMO) B. Reflexive conditioned motivating operation (CMO-R) C. Surrogate conditioned motivating operation (CMO-S) D. Unconditioned motivating operation (UMO)

What is A. Conditioned motivating operation

200

Food deprivation and painful stimulation are examples of what type of motivating operation?

What is unconditioned motivating operation. 

300

This type of CMO refers to a stimulus that has been paired with another motivating operation that then takes on the ability to accomplish what the original motivating operation did by being paired with it. 

What is Surrogate CMO (CMO-S)

300

True or false- there are 6 different types of CMOs.

What is false. 

300

What changes the effectiveness of a reinforcer?

What is a value-altering effect

300

__________ increases the effectiveness of some object or event as a reinforcer. A. Discriminative stimulus B. Establishing operation C. Behavior altering effects D. Value-altering effects

What is B. Establishing operation

300

Driving around in the heat during summer without air conditioning makes me very hot. When I get to my destination, I IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE FRIDGE FOR WATER. In relation to my getting water, the heat had what type of effect?

What is an evocative effect

400

This type of motivating operation alters a relation to itself by acquiring MO effectiveness by preceding a worsening or improvement.

What is reflexive CMO (CMO-R)

400

True or false- Only value-altering effects as a collective whole have the ability to produce either an increase or decrease in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. 

What is true

400

What changes the current frequency of a behavior?

What is a behavior-altering effect

400

Food deprivation increases the current frequency of all behaviors that have produced food in the past. What type of effect is this? A. Behavior- altering (abative) B. Behavior-altering (evocative) C. Value-altering (abolishing) D. Value-altering (establishing) 

What is B. Behavior-altering (evocative)

400

Drinking a gallon of water quenched my thirst and cooled me off so I STOPPED DRINKING WATER. Thus, in relation to drinking, having all of that water had a ___ effect. 

What is abative effect

500

A change in  an organism’s repertoire of MO, stimulus, and response relations, caused by  reinforcement, punishment, an extinction procedure, or a recovery from punishment procedure that alters the future frequency of the behavior. 

What is function-altering effect

500

True or false- A decrease in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event caused by a motivating operation is known as reinforcer-abolishing effect. 

What is true.

500

You cannot have access to the stimulus you want until you solve the problem with what type of CMO? (i.e., you are thirsty and have a bottle of coke. You cannot seem to find the bottle opener and must ask someone for help).

What is transitive (CMO-T)

500

Food deprivation increases the effectiveness of food as a reinforcer. What type of effect is this? A. Value-altering (abolishing) B. Value-altering (establishing) C. Behavior-altering (evocative) D. Behavior altering (abative) 

What is B. value-altering (establishing) 

500

Someone puts a lock on the fridge. This establishes the reinforcing value of a key when access to food is valuable as a source of reinforcement. The key becomes what type of CMO?

What is transitive (CMO-T)