Details Title: Cognitive Behavior Description: Test 1 Total Flash Cards: 20 Created: 02/17/2008 17:41:31		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Sociology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term       Behavior Definition     The observable and measurable actions of a living organism as it interacts with it's environment. Term     Two forms of Behavior Definition      Observable Measurable Term       Observable Behavior Definition       able to identify a beginning and end of a behavior Term       Measurable Behavior Definition       Able to quantify the behavior(duration, frequency, intensity). Term       Two types of Behavior Definition Verbal- Refers to speech productions   Nonverbal- Refers to physical actions Term     Behavior Analysis Definition       The study of the behavior of human beings and other animals. In particular, the study of the principles that control behaviors. Term       Goal of Behavior Management Definition     To identify maladaptive behaviors and assist clients in developing more adaptive, socially desirable behaviors. Term     To Determine Behaviors..... Definition Need something living. Actions subject performs. Are observable. Are verbal or nonverbal. Not the absence of action. Not emotional states or Mental processes. Term       Maladaptive Definition     Something that is considered non-helpful Term       Environment Definition       Events and objects that surround the occurence of a behavior. Term       Contingency Definition       A relationship between events that occur in an environment. In particular, between a behavior and the environment. Term       Contingency Statement Definition       Formal way to state a relationship between behaviors and events that precede and follow them. Term       Three- Term Contingency Definition       Antecedent-Behavior- Consequence Term       Antecedents Definition       Events that occur in an environment prior ot the occurance of a behavior and function to cue that behavior. Term     Examples of Antecedents Definition A cell phone signals person to pick it up  Traffic light signals subject to stop or go. An alarm clock signals a person to wake. Term       Consequence Definition       Events that follow shortly after a behavior. Term     Two types of Consequences Definition   A new stimulus is presented or added. An already present stimulus is avoided, terminated, or removed. Term       Two affects of Consequences Definition Reinforcement- Consequences that increase the probability that the behavior will occur again. Punishment- Consequences that decrease the probability that the behavior it follows will occur again. Term       Appropriateness of a Behavior Definition   View of society about the behavior. The context whithin which it occurs. Term       Context Definition       Plays an important role in determining the appripriateness of a behavior.