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ABA Reversal ✔✔A basic single-subject design in which baseline measurements (A) are contrasted with measurements during treatment (B) across conditions which alternate to determine causal effects.
adjunctive behavior ✔✔Excessive (possibly arbitrary) behaviors that occur between trials or between reinforcers.
analytical pragmatism ✔✔A set of principles and philosophies that reflect a commitment to practical, behavioral methods of assessment and analysis.
appetitive stimulus ✔✔A positively reinforcing stimulus.
applied behavior analysis ✔✔The use of basic behavior principles to analyze and solve practical problems.
aversion therapy ✔✔A Pavlovian procedure in which stimuli that elicit inappropriate behaviors are paired with an aversive stimulus (shock, emetics, ammonia) to produce strong conditioned responses (nausea, fear, etc). Used to treat child molestation, alcohol abuse, etc.
aversive stimulus ✔✔A noxious or unpleasant stimulus.
backward chaining ✔✔A method used to train chained performances in which the last behavior in the chain is trained first; then each preceding behavior is gradually introduced.
baseline ✔✔The base rate of behavior, before intervention, against which the efficacy of experimental manipulations is compared.
behavior analysis ✔✔A comprehensive experimental approach to the study of behavior with the objective of investigating, identifying, describing,and using the general principles and laws which govern behavior.
behavior trapping ✔✔Teaching of a new behavior that becomes trapped (or maintained) through natural contingencies of reinforcement.
concurrent behavioral contingency ✔✔More than one contingency of reinforcement is in effect at the same time.
conditioned emotional response ✔✔Suppression of a positively reinforced operant response by the presentation of a stimulus that has previously been classically conditioned with an aversive stimulus.
conditioned reinforcer ✔✔A stimulus that has acquired reinforcing properties through its association with other reinforcing stimuli.
constructional approach to behavior change ✔✔A training system that focuses on skill-building to teach individual requisite skills needed for appropriate behaviors that can later be substituted for inappropriate behaviors.
context of behavior ✔✔The biological and experiential history of the organism combined with the contextual stimuli that are present when conditioning occurs.
contingency trap ✔✔Unwanted behavior by the subject occurs frequently because it is reinforced through negative attention while temporary relief from the unwanted behavior reinforces the experimenter's use of negative attention.
contingency-shaped behavior ✔✔Operant behavior which is directly under the control of the contingencies, as opposed to rule-governed behavior.
continuous reinforcement ✔✔A reinforcement schedule in which every response is reinforced.
correspondence training ✔✔A training method which focuses on teaching subjects to have a high correlation between a verbal commitment (Say) and the actual behavior (Do).
dependent variable ✔✔What is measured in an experiment - in behavior analysis, it is always the behavior of the subject.
deprivation ✔✔The procedure of restricting or limiting access to a reinforcing event or stimulus.
differential reinforcement of high rates ✔✔A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is delivered for rates of responding above a specified criterion.
differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors ✔✔A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is delivered for behaviors which are incompatible with the target response.
errorless discrimination training ✔✔A discrimination procedure in which the initial training involves only a brief, low intensity presentation of S-. Gradually, the intensity and duration of the S- is increased. Subjects rarely (if ever) respond to S-.
establishing operation ✔✔Any change in the environment which alters the effectiveness of a stimulus to serve as a reinforcer and increases the probability of responses that have previously produced that stimulus - (i.e. food deprivation).
experimental analysis of behavior ✔✔A single-subject method of investigation in which complex environment-behavior relations are systematically broken down into simpler component relations which reveal basic principles and controlling variables.
extinction ✔✔The reduction in frequency of an operant response which was previously rewarded that results when the response is no longer followed by the reinforcer.
extinction burst ✔✔A rapid burst of target responses that occur which extinction is first applied.
extrinsic reinforcers ✔✔Reinforcers that are arranged artificially by the experimenter, teacher or parent, and which would not naturally occur.
fading ✔✔A procedure in which a stimulus is gradually increased or decreased in intensity. Can be used to transfer control from one stimulus to another.
fear hierarchy ✔✔The graduate set of feared objects, activities, or events that are constructed by a client and therapist to treat phobic responses using systematic desensitization.
flooding ✔✔The presentation of feared objects, activites or events, often at full strength, in a manner that prevents escape or avoidance. Often an alternative to systematic desensitization.
fluency training ✔✔The use of a changing criterion design to gradually increase the speed and accuracy of behavior (i.e. math fluency, foreign language fluency, etc.).
forward chaining ✔✔A method used to train chained performances in which the first behavior in the chain is trained first; then each subsequent behavior is gradually introduced.
in vivo desensitization ✔✔Treatment for phobias which involve actually engaging in the feared responses or activities.
independent variable ✔✔What is manipulated by the experimenter. In behavior analysis, the IV is typically the arrangement of events which precede or follow a response (establishing operations, stimulus control, and/or consequences).
intermittent reinforcement ✔✔A reinforcement schedule in which responding is reinforced only some of the time.
interresponse time ✔✔Interval between successive responses.
intertrial interval ✔✔The time that elapses between two successive trials in an experiment.
intrinsic reinforcers ✔✔Reinforcers that are the natural outcome of the target behavior. (i.e. social rewards of engaging in verbal behavior with others)
Keller's personalized system of instruction ✔✔A college teaching method based on principles of operant conditioning in which courses are arranged such that students move through the material at their own speed and are reinforced for completing small course units.
law of effect ✔✔A fundamental prinple of behavior that states that the effects of our actions determine whether we will repeat them.
learned helplessness effect ✔✔Interference with the learning of a new instrumental response as a result of inescapable and unavoidable aversive stimulation.
learning ✔✔An relatively enduring change in behavior that results from an interaction with the environment.
learning curve ✔✔Graph showing how behavior changes during the course of an experiment.
mainstreaming ✔✔Placement of developmentally disabled, learning disabled, and language- delayed students in regular classes.
negatively accelerating ✔✔A learning curve in which performance is increasing at a slower and slower rate.
negatively decelerating ✔✔A learning curve in which performance is decreasing at a slower and slower rate.
observer drift ✔✔gradual increases or decreases in an observer's likelihood to identify a given behavior; reduces DV accuracy.
operant conditioning ✔✔A conditioning process in which an antecedent stimulus comes to occasion a target response as a result of pairing with a particular outcome or consequence.
overcorrection ✔✔Subjects are repeatedly required to engage in appropriate, correcting and incompatible behaviors.
partial-reinforcement extinction effect ✔✔A term used to describe greater persistence in instrumental responding during extinction
passive avoidance ✔✔Refraining from action which minimizes contact with the aversive stimulus.
performance contract ✔✔A written rule or statement describing the target behavior, the occasions when the target response should (should not) occur and the outcome for that behavior.
pivotal response training ✔✔Teaching behaviors that are central to wide areas of functioning and whose mastery leads to improvements in a larger number of behaviors (e.g. language, fine motor skills, naming, following directions, etc..)
positive reinforcement ✔✔A principle of behavior in which behavior increases as a result of the presentation of an appetitive stimulus.
positively accelerating ✔✔A learning curve in which performance is increasing at a faster and faster rate.
positively decelerating ✔✔A learning curve in which performance is decreasing at a faster and faster rate.
response class ✔✔A class of related behaviors that functionally produce the same consequences. (e.g. "please open the door" and opening the door both produce an open door).
response cost ✔✔A principle of behavior in which behavior decreases as a result of the removal of an actual appetitive stimulus (e.g. parking or traffic fines).
response latency ✔✔The time elapsed between the presentation of a stimulus and the subject's response. This is often used as a dependent variable.
response-reinforcer contingency ✔✔A relationship in which a consequence (reinforcer) is delivered if and only if the target response occurs.
rule-governed behavior ✔✔Instructed behavior or behavior which conforms to a previous learned (verbal) rule.
S∆ ✔✔A discriminative stimulus that suppresses instrumental responding because it signals that reinforcement is not available.
satiation ✔✔Repeated presentation of a stimulus can reduce its efficacy as a reinforcer - can be used as a treatment strategy.
schedule thinning ✔✔Gradually increasing the requirements to earn a reinforcer: increases the response requirement in terms of number of responses or delays to reinforcement.
SD ✔✔A discriminative stimulus that evokes instrumental behavior because it signals the availability of reinforcement for a target response.
self -injurious behavior ✔✔Abnormal behaviors that are harmful to oneself, such as head- banging or scratching or biting oneself.
self-control ✔✔Foregoing an immediate, small reward for a larger, more delayed reward.
self-stimulation ✔✔Abnormal, repetative behaviors that interfere with the individual's ability to pay attention or participate in meaningful activity, spinning objects.
shaping ✔✔Reinforcing successive approximations to the required (target) response.
token economy ✔✔A reinforcement system in which tokens are delivered contingent upon specified target behaviors. Tokens can be exchanged for goods, services, privileges and/or other backup reinforcers. Effective in classrooms, nursing homes, in-patient facilities, etc..
vicarious conditioning ✔✔Change in the performance of one learner based on observation of the consequences of another learner's behavior.
