EDSE 622 Final Exam With
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Behavior - ANSWERAny actions an organism does (movement)
Respondent Learning - ANSWERLearning that occurs when a previously
neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Operant Learning - ANSWERClass of responses that all have the same
consequences
Antecedents - ANSWEREvents leading up to a behavior
Consequences - ANSWEREvents occurring after a behavior
Behavior analysis - ANSWERThe science of what causes behavior to occur
Stimuli - ANSWERProperties of the environment
Responses - ANSWERProperties of the behavior
Elicited - ANSWERResponses caused by stimuli
Emitted - ANSWERResponses caused by other means than stimuli
Evoked - ANSWERResponses that occur because of Establishing Operations
Behavior hierarchies - ANSWERRankings of behavior by their frequency
Taxonomy - ANSWERWay of organizing procedures and phenomena
Thorndike - ANSWERFirst researcher to manipulate consequences of
behavior
,Discriminative stimuli - ANSWERStimuli that signal reinforcement or lack
thereof
Pavlov - ANSWERPhysiologist who discovered respondent learning
Clever Hans effect - ANSWERWhen behavior is elicited by subtle and specific
stimuli; it appears that the organism is producing novel behavior
Discrimination learning - ANSWERLearning to respond in the presence of
some stimuli and not others
Motivating Operations - ANSWERConditions that influence the effectiveness
of a contingency
Conditioned reinforcer - ANSWERStimulus that functions as a reinforcer
because it is paired with another reinforcer
Generalized reinforcer - ANSWERStimulus that is conditioned by several
primary reinforcers
Verbal governance - ANSWERWhen behavior occurs based upon what others
or the self says
Reinforcers - ANSWERStimuli that are presented
Reinforcement - ANSWERProcess
Evolution - ANSWERChanges that happen to species over time
Natural selection - ANSWERSurvival and reproduction of those with certain
traits
Artificial selection - ANSWERSelective breeding based upon certain
characteristics
, Variation - ANSWERThe difference between individuals from the same
species.
Selection - ANSWERProcess by which traits in species become prevalent over
generations
Phylogenic selection - ANSWERChanges in species over evolutionary time
Ontogenic selection - ANSWERSelection by consequences - changes in
organism due to interaction with environment
Cultural selection - ANSWERMemetic selection - passed among individuals
Sensory systems - ANSWERAllow organism to detect stimuli
Motor systems - ANSWERAllow organism to respond to stimuli
Below threshold - ANSWERStimulus is too weak to be detected
Difference threshold - ANSWERPoint at which the signals of two stimuli are
separate enough to be detected as different
Signal detection theory - ANSWERThe probability that a stimulus will be
identified
JEAB - ANSWERJournal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior
JABA - ANSWERJournal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Reliability - ANSWERData that consistently measures the same things across
data collectors
Validity - ANSWERData that represents the phenomenon being observed
Free Operant - ANSWERA situation where the organism is free to emit a
response at any time, and the environment operates on the organism
Complete Solution
Behavior - ANSWERAny actions an organism does (movement)
Respondent Learning - ANSWERLearning that occurs when a previously
neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Operant Learning - ANSWERClass of responses that all have the same
consequences
Antecedents - ANSWEREvents leading up to a behavior
Consequences - ANSWEREvents occurring after a behavior
Behavior analysis - ANSWERThe science of what causes behavior to occur
Stimuli - ANSWERProperties of the environment
Responses - ANSWERProperties of the behavior
Elicited - ANSWERResponses caused by stimuli
Emitted - ANSWERResponses caused by other means than stimuli
Evoked - ANSWERResponses that occur because of Establishing Operations
Behavior hierarchies - ANSWERRankings of behavior by their frequency
Taxonomy - ANSWERWay of organizing procedures and phenomena
Thorndike - ANSWERFirst researcher to manipulate consequences of
behavior
,Discriminative stimuli - ANSWERStimuli that signal reinforcement or lack
thereof
Pavlov - ANSWERPhysiologist who discovered respondent learning
Clever Hans effect - ANSWERWhen behavior is elicited by subtle and specific
stimuli; it appears that the organism is producing novel behavior
Discrimination learning - ANSWERLearning to respond in the presence of
some stimuli and not others
Motivating Operations - ANSWERConditions that influence the effectiveness
of a contingency
Conditioned reinforcer - ANSWERStimulus that functions as a reinforcer
because it is paired with another reinforcer
Generalized reinforcer - ANSWERStimulus that is conditioned by several
primary reinforcers
Verbal governance - ANSWERWhen behavior occurs based upon what others
or the self says
Reinforcers - ANSWERStimuli that are presented
Reinforcement - ANSWERProcess
Evolution - ANSWERChanges that happen to species over time
Natural selection - ANSWERSurvival and reproduction of those with certain
traits
Artificial selection - ANSWERSelective breeding based upon certain
characteristics
, Variation - ANSWERThe difference between individuals from the same
species.
Selection - ANSWERProcess by which traits in species become prevalent over
generations
Phylogenic selection - ANSWERChanges in species over evolutionary time
Ontogenic selection - ANSWERSelection by consequences - changes in
organism due to interaction with environment
Cultural selection - ANSWERMemetic selection - passed among individuals
Sensory systems - ANSWERAllow organism to detect stimuli
Motor systems - ANSWERAllow organism to respond to stimuli
Below threshold - ANSWERStimulus is too weak to be detected
Difference threshold - ANSWERPoint at which the signals of two stimuli are
separate enough to be detected as different
Signal detection theory - ANSWERThe probability that a stimulus will be
identified
JEAB - ANSWERJournal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior
JABA - ANSWERJournal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Reliability - ANSWERData that consistently measures the same things across
data collectors
Validity - ANSWERData that represents the phenomenon being observed
Free Operant - ANSWERA situation where the organism is free to emit a
response at any time, and the environment operates on the organism
