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A specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a particular stimulus condition.
The discrete response and its stimulus condition are an individual component
The individuals components are linked together to form a behavior chain that produces a terminal outcome. |
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Behavior Chain
stimulus change, conditioned reinforcer, discriminative stimulus |
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| each response in a chain produces a ______ _______ that simultaneously serves as a ________ _______ for the response that produced it and as a _______ _______ for the next response in the chain. |
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Behavior Chain
Dual function, conditioned, discriminative stimulus |
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| Each stimulus that links the two response components together serve a _________: it is both a ________ reinforcer and a _______ _______. |
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Private events |
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| those events where individuals respond with respect to certain stimuli accessible to themselves alone |
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| 3 assumptions on the nature of private events |
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1)thoughts and feelings are behavior
2)private events are only distinguished from other behavior by its inaccessibility
3) Private events are influenced by the same variables as publicly accessible behavior. |
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| A specific instance of behavior or an action of an organisms effector |
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| A larger set or class or responses that share a certain physical dimension or function |
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| A group of responses with the same function, they have the same effect on the environment. |
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| everything except the moving parts of the organism involved in the behavior |
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| an energy change that effects an organism through its receptor cells. BAs describe specific aspects of the environment in terms of stimulus conditions or events |
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any group of stimuli sharing a predetermined set of common elements in one or more of these dimension
1) formal dimensions of behavior
2) temporal loci of stimuli
3) behavioral function |
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