Pop Comps
Functional Response Class
a group of responses that produce the same effect on the environment
Stimulus Class
a group of stimuli that share common elements along formal, temporal, or functional dimensions
Stimulus Control
a situation in which the frequency, latency, or duration of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus
Discriminative Stimulus
antecedent stimulus that evokes the occurrence of an operant behavior because in its presence a specific response or set of responses is associated with more frequent reinforcement than in the absence of the stimulus
Abolishing Operation
antecedent variable that decreases the effectiveness of a stimulus as a reinforcer and decreases the likelihood of behavior that has been previously reinforced by that stimulus
Establishing Operation
antecedent variable that increases the effectiveness of a stimulus as a reinforcer and increases the likelihood of behavior that has been previously reinforced by that stimulus
Stimulus
any event, external or internal to the organism that can affect behavior
Behavior
anything an organism does; any action of an organism that can be brought under respondent or operant control
Shaping
differential reinforcement of successive approximations to a terminal behavior
Motivating Operation
environmental variable that alters (increases or decreases) the reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of a stimulus and alters (increases or decreases) the frequency of behavior that has been previously reinforced or punished by that stimulus
Positive Punishment
presentation of a stimulus contingent on a behavior that results in a decrease in the frequency or future probability of that behavior
Positive Reinforcement
presentation of a stimulus contingent on a behavior that results in an increase in the frequency or future probability of that behavior
Negative Punishment
removal of a stimulus contingent on a behavior that results in a decrease in the frequency or future probability of that behavior
Negative Reinforcement
removal of a stimulus contingent on a behavior that results in an increase in the frequency or future probability of that behavior
Chaining
teaching procedure to train a behavior chain involving a sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a particular stimulus condition
Extinction
termination of a response-reinforcer relation through the discontinuation of reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior
Generalization
the process by which operant behavior occurs in the presence of novel antecedent stimuli that are physically similar to the original SD
Discrimination
the process by which operant behavior occurs only in the presence of the original SD
Mand
verbal operant that is controlled by a motivating operation and is reinforced by the delivery of the specified stimulus
Tact
verbal operant that is controlled by a nonverbal discriminative stimulus and is reinforced by a generalized conditioned reinforcer
Echoic
verbal operant that is controlled by a verbal discriminative stimulus that has point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity with the response and is reinforced by a generalized conditioned reinforcer
Intraverbal
verbal operant that is controlled by a verbal discriminative stimulus, does not have point-to-point correspondence and is reinforced by a generalized conditioned reinforcer