Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Behavior Analysis
Operant Behavior
17
Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/26/2010

Additional Psychology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Operant Conditioning
Definition
Behavior that is not followed by reinforceing consequences decreases in frequency. It has evolved over species history and is based on genetic endowment
Term
Operant
Definition
comes from the verb to operate, and it refers to behavior that operates on the environment to produce consequences that in turn strengthen the behavior
Term
Positive Reinforcer
Definition
Any consequence that increases the probability of the operant that produced it
Term
Ontogeny
Definition
Learning experiences
Term
Topography
Definition
Refers to the physical form or characteristic of the responses
Term
emitted
Definition
It often occurs without an observable stimulus preceeding it
Term
Elicited
Definition
Reflexive responses come from a preceeding stimulus
Term
Discriminative Stimulus
Definition
A stimulus that precedes an operant and sets the occasion for behavior
Term
Differential Reinforcement
Definition
Means reinforceing an operant in one situation but not another
Term
S-Delta
Definition
When an operant does not produce reinforcement, the stimulus that precedes the response is called
Term
Contingency of Reinforcement
Definition
The relationship between the events that set the occasion for the behavior, the operant class, and the consequences
Term
Positive Reinforcement
Definition
A stimulus follows a behavior and as a result that behavior increases
Term
Negative Reinforcement
Definition
When an operant results in the removal of an event, and this procedure increases the rate of response the contingency is called negative reinforcement
Term
Positive Punishment
Definition
When an operant produces an event and the rate of operant behavior decreases
Term
negaitve punishment
Definition
Removal of stimuli contingent on behavior
Term
Premack Principle
Definition
States, that a higher frequency behavior will function as reinforcement for a lower frequency behavior
Term
Response Hierarchy
Definition
Any response in the hierarchy can be used to support the behavior below it; a response may be reinforced by any behavior above it
Supporting users have an ad free experience!