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| Arithmetic progressive ratio |
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| Each successive response requirement is determined by adding a set number to the previous requirement |
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| Assumption of generality (regarding contingencies) |
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| The idea that the effects of contingencies of reinforcement [and punishment] extend across species |
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| A field of research focused on the analytical description of behavior change that studies operant behavior as it interacts with contingencies of consequences as dynamical system |
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| A theory in behavior analysis that provides a quantitative account of how reinforcers experienced within a discriminative stimulus context govern the persistence of behavior that occurs in that context |
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| Break and run [pattern of behavior] |
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| Pattern of responding as seen on a cumulative record for behavior under a fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement characterized by a flat line (the pause) after reinforcement followed by a a steep period of responding (the run of responses) until the next reinforcer (also know as pause-and-run). |
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| The highest ratio value completed on a progressive ratio schedule |
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| A behavioral intervention that uses operant principles to arrange contingencies to promote desired behavior. |
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| Continuous reinforcement (CRF) |
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| Every response is consequated; functionally equivalent to FR1 |
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| Fixed interval (FI) schedule |
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| A schedule in which after a fixed amount of time has passed since the last consequence, the next response is consequated |
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| Fixed ratio (FR) schedule |
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| A schedule in which the last of a fixed number of responses is consequated |
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| A consequence is delivered after a set time since the last consequence, regardless of responding |
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| Geometric progressive ratio |
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| Each successive response requirement is determined by multiplying the previous requirement by a set number |
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| Interreinforcement interval (IRI) |
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| The time that passes between reinforcers |
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| Schedules where, after a certain time since the last consequence occurred, the next response earns another consequence |
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| A requirement added to an interval schedule such that the consequence is only available for a set time after an interval schedule has elapsed |
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| Molar accounts (of behaivor) |
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| Concerned with large-scale factors that regulate responding over a long period of time. |
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| Molecular accounts (of behavior) |
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| Concerned with small moment-to-moment relationships between responses and consequences. |
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| Postreinforcement pause (PRP) |
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| The pause in responding following reinforcer delivry on a fixed ratio schedule; also known as preratio pause because the size of the upcoming ratio actually controls it |
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| The pause in responding that occurs after a reinforcer during a fixed ratio schedule and is controlled by the size of the upcoming ratio; also known as the postreinforcement pause because it occurs after reinforcer delivery |
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| Progressive ratio schedule |
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| A ratio schedule where the number of responses required for a consequence increases systematically for each successive response |
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| Schedule based on the number of responses |
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| A disruption of responding that occurs when the ratio of responses required for a consequence increases too rapidly. |
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| How effective a particular reinforcer is, often measured by examining the breakpoint on a progressive ratio schedule |
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| The extent to which behavior continues when it is placed on extinction. |
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| The reappearance of a previously reinforced and extinguished behavior during the extinction of a more recently reinforced behavior; a particular kind of response variability that occurs during extinction |
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| A fast burst of responding. |
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| A cumulative record pattern associated with fixed-interval schedules that shows an increasing (positively accelerating) response rate as reinforcement availability approaches |
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| Schedule of reinforcement |
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| Specifies the response requirement for reinforcement |
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| Behavior that is stable and does not change appreciably over time |
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| The instability of behavior generated by a change in contingencies of reinforcement. |
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| Variable interval (VI) schedule |
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| A schedule in which after a amount of time has passed since the last consequence, the next response is consequated and the amount of time varies from consequence to consequence |
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| Variable ratio (VR) schedule |
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| A schedule in which the last of a number of responses is consequated and the number required varies from consequence to consequence |
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