Midterm Review
This is the term for a respondent behavior decreasing because of prolonged exposure to the stimulus. An example is initially jumping when a balloon pops, but after you hear lots of balloons pop in a short period of time, you no longer jump when a balloon pops.
Habituation
This vocabulary word means that communication is happening in the same mode; the "how" is the same.
Formal Similarity
Engaging in the same behavior when presented with different materials or in a different environment is called _____________
Stimulus Generalization
How we form symbolic connections without needing to learn each possible relationship is called..
Stimulus Equivalence
Matching law states that a schedule of reinforcement with higher rates of reinforcement will result in (more / less) responding allocated to that choice.
More
A student consistently engages in disruptive behavior during math class, which they find challenging. Typically, the student gets sent into the hall, where they sometimes see their friends from other classes. Based on the info here, identify the most likely function(s).
Escape and Attention
It's 9:30pm on the 4th of July. As color explodes in the sky, D'Andre says, "wow, fireworks!" Which verbal operant is represented here?
Tact
Students learned about reinforcement and punishment in June during SPED 604. In the fall they take SPED 699 and apply principles of reinforcement and punishment in the first hour of class. What is this an example of?
Maintenance
This is the term for relations that are directly taught.
Trained Relations
Matching law applies to reinforcement available on this schedule.
Concurrent
A student is excessively raising his hand. The teacher decides to wait 4-6 minutes after he answers a questions before calling on him again. What schedule of reinforcement is he on?
Variable Interval - Specifically, VI-5 Minutes
This verbal operant has formal similarity, but does NOT have point to point correspondence. The SD is verbal. An example is asking, "How's your day?" and responding, "It's pretty great!"
Intraverbal
Alex was taught to clean the windows at his job by moving the cloth side to side. The next day, he cleaned the windows using a circular, up and down motion. What is this an example of?
Response Generalization
Which is the one type of stimulus equivalence relation that is trained and not derived?
Reflexivity (A=A)
Behavior momentum explains the concept of response _______ .
Persistence
A student's parents were gone over the weekend. When the student got to school, they see their friends during study hall and start showing out, telling jokes, and doing dances. The teacher fusses at them, and their friends laugh. What is the MO in this scenario, and which is it?
Deprivation of attention - parents gone - EO
Dr. Whiteside is watching Hamilton. As the actors sing the songs, she sings along with them. Which verbal operant does this represent?
Duplic (Specifically, Echoic)
James learned his new sight words - fourth, firework, grill, and celebration - in that order. When his teacher presents "fourth" and then "celebration," James responds "fourth, firework." What is this an example of?
Faulty Stimulus Control (under stimulus control of the order of the cards, rather than the patterns of letters)
You are taught an ^ means "reinforcement". When the teacher says "reinforcement," you write an ^. This is an example of what derived relation?
Symmetry (A=B, so B=A)
A task or direction that is novel, challenging, or aversive and less likely to result in responding or follow-through is called this.
Low-p, or low-probability, behavior
Your partner doesn't always text you back. It always takes a few texts sent to them before they text you back. Once you even texted them 8 times before they replied! What kind of schedule is this?
Variable Ratio
"What are you doing for the 4th of July?" "Oh, probably eating hotdogs, going swimming, and watching fireworks!" demonstrates what kind of multiple control?
Divergent
A student is learning to use a fork to eat certain foods. he starts trying to stab chips, grapes, soup, and pizza with a fork. What is this an example of?
Overgeneralization (stimulus control too broad - overgeneralized to ALL food - too many stimuli elicit response)
Learning to read is an example of this type of behavior, which leads to consequences beyond the change itself and exemplifies generative performance.
Behavioral Cusp
A child who gets ice cream 4x more often when they cry than when they ask politely is much more likely to cry than ask for it. This can be explained by _____ .
Matching Law