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CH 14
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Psychology
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03/24/2015

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behavioral contrast
Definition
The phenomenon in which a change in one component of a multiple schedule that increases or decreases the rate of responding on that component in accompanied by a change in the response rate in the opposite direction on the other, unaltered component of the schedule.
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conditioned punisher
Definition
A previously neutral stimulus change that functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other punishers (sometimes called secondary or learned)
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discriminative stimulus for punishment
Definition
A stimulus condition in the presence of which a response has a lower probability of occurrence than it does in its absence as a result of response-contingent punishment delivery in the presence of the stimulus (Sdp)
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generalized conditioned punisher
Definition
A stimulus change that, as a result of having been paired with many other punishers, functions as punishment under most conditions because it is free from the control of motivating conditions for specific types of punishment.
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negative punishment
Definition
A response behavior is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of the stimulus), that decreases the future frequency of similar responses under similar conditions; sometimes called Type II Punishment.
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overcorrection
Definition
A behavior change tactic based on positive punishment in which, contingent on the problem behavior, the learner is required to engage in effortful behavior directly or logically related to fixing the damage caused by the behavior.
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positive practice overcorrection
Definition
A form of overcorrection in which, contingent on an occurrence of the target behavior, the learner is required to repeat a correct form of the behavior, or a behavior incompatible with the problem behavior, a specified number of times; entails an educative component.
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positive punishment
Definition
A behavior is followed immediately by the presentation of a stimulus that decrease the future frequency of the behavior; sometimes called Type I punishment.
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punisher
Definition
A stimulus change that decrease the future frequency of behavior that immediately precedes it.
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punishment
Definition
Occurs when stimulus change immediately follows a response and decreases the future frequency of that type of behavior in similar conditions.
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response blocking
Definition
A procedure in which the therapist physically intervenes as soon as the learner begins to emit a problem behavior to prevent completion of the targeted behavior.
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restitutional overcorrection
Definition
A form of overcorrection in which, contingent on the problem behavior, the learner is required to repair the damage or return the environment to its original state and then to engage in additional behavior to bring the environment to a condition vastly better than it was in prior to the misbehavior.
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unconditioned punisher
Definition
A stimulus change that decrease the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it irrespective of the organ's learning history. The product of evolutionary development of the species (phylogeny), meaning that all members of a species are more or less susceptible to punishment by the presentation of it.
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