BEHV 5600 Final Exam NEWEST EXAM 2026-2027
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!!
abative effect - CORRECT ANSWER: a decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event whose reinforcing effectiveness depends on
the same motivating operation. For examples, food ingestion abates (decreases frequency of) bx
such as opening the fridge that has been reinforced by food.
abolishing operation - CORRECT ANSWER: a motivating operation that decreases the
reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event. For example, the reinforcing
effectiveness of food is abolished as a result of food ingestion
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) - CORRECT ANSWER: evidence-based bx therapy
focused on general well-being, defined as making reliable contact with high-priority positive
reinforcers
analytic - CORRECT ANSWER: that dimension which requires demonstration of functional
relations between the manipulated events and reliable change in some measurable dimension of
the target bx
antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER: an environmental condition or stimulus change existing or
occuring prior to behavior of interest
applied - CORRECT ANSWER: the selection of behavior that is socially significan for
participants and improves their daily life
applied behavior analysis - CORRECT ANSWER: the science in which tactics derived from the
principles of bx are systematically applied to improve socially significant behavior and
experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of bx
,arbitrarity applicable relational responding (AARR) - CORRECT ANSWER: forming new
stimulus classes with little or no reinforced practice
arbitrary relations - CORRECT ANSWER: stimulu to which people respond in interlocked ways,
not because of physical similarity but bc social-verbal reinforcement contingencies teach people
to respond to them in this way
autoclitic - CORRECT ANSWER: provide structure among verbal operants in terms of order,
agreement, grouping, and composition of larger units of verbal behavior such as sentences.
Autoclitic frames help speakers generate novel utterances
automatic reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER: reinforcement that occurs independent of the
social mediation of others
avoidance contingency - CORRECT ANSWER: a contingency in which a response prevents or
postpones the presentation of a stimulus
baseline - CORRECT ANSWER: a condition of an experiment in which the independent variable
is not present
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER: that portion of an organism's interaction with its environment
that involves movement of some part of the organism
behavior trap - CORRECT ANSWER: An interrelated community of contingencies of
reinforcement that can be especially powerful, producing substantial and long-lasting behavior
changes. Effective behavior traps share four essential features: (a) They are "baited" with
virtually irresistible reinforcers that "lure" the student to the trap; (b) only a low-effort response
already in the student's repertoire is necessary to enter the trap; (c) once inside the trap,
interrelated contingencies of reinforcement motivate the student to acquire, extend, and maintain
targeted academic and/or social skills; and (d) they can remain effective for a long time because
students show few, if any, satiation effects.
,behavior-altering effects - CORRECT ANSWER: either (a) an increase in the current frequency
of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event, called an evocative
effect; or (b) a decrease in the current frequency of bx that has been reinforced by some stimulu,
object, or event, called an abative effect. For example, the current frequency of behavior has
been reinforced with food, such as opening the fridge, is evoked (increased) or abated
(decreased) by food deprivation or food ingestion respectively
behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER: selection of behavior that is in need of improvement and
measurable; in addition, steps are taken to ensure that the behavior which was intended to be
changed is that which is changed
behavioral contrast - CORRECT ANSWER: The phenomenon in which a change in one
component of a multiple schedule that increases or decreases the rate of responding on that
component is accompanied by a change in the response rate in the opposite direction on the
other, unaltered component of the schedule.
behavioral inflexibility - CORRECT ANSWER: an insensitivity to external stimuli occurring
when private events interfere with well-being behaviors on which high-priority positive
reinforcers are contingent
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER: the philosophy of the science of behavior of which there
are various forms that focuses primarily of the theoretical and conceptual issues
bidirectional naming - CORRECT ANSWER: a higher-order verbal cusp consisting of the fusing
together of the speaker and listener repertoires in biderectional relations. A new word acquired as
listener can generate a teact without further training, and a new word acquired as a tact can
generate a listener relation without further training (these effects are consistent with emergent
symmetry and mutual entailment
causal relations - CORRECT ANSWER: If-then relationships (e.g., if A, then B; if B, then C)
that are a central feature of understanding and doing science. With respect to stimulus relations,
causal relations can define the structure of a stimulus class or define the behavior function
through which stimuli in a class are transformed.
, celeration - CORRECT ANSWER: the change in rate of responding over time; based on count
per unit of time; expressed as a factor by which responding is accelerating or decelerating
changing criterion design - CORRECT ANSWER: An experimental design in which an initial
base-line phase is followed by a series of treatment phases consisting of successive and gradually
changing criteria for reinforcement or punishment, and experimental control is evidenced by the
extent the level of responding changes to conform to each new criterion.
class expansion - CORRECT ANSWER: a new member is added to a demonstrated stimulus
equivalence class as the result of teaching a new conditional discrimination
class merger - CORRECT ANSWER: independent equivalence classes are combined as the
result of teaching a new but interrelated conditional discrimination
class-specific reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER: a match-to-sample procedure in which not
only is the correct comparison choice conditional on the sample stimulus, but the type of
consequence delivered is, too; class-specific consequences themselves become members of the
equivalence classes
codic - CORRECT ANSWER: a type of verbal behavior where the form of the response is under
the functional control of a verbal stimulus with point-to-point correspondence, but without
formal similarity. There is also a history of generalized reinforcement
combinatorial entailment - CORRECT ANSWER: a relation involving two stimuli that both
participate in mutual entailment with some common third stimulus
component analysis - CORRECT ANSWER: Any experiment designed to identify the active
elements of a treatment condition, the relative contributions of different variables in a treatment
package, and/or the necessary and sufficient components of an intervention.
concept - CORRECT ANSWER: a stimulus class whose members share a common set of
features
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW!!
abative effect - CORRECT ANSWER: a decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event whose reinforcing effectiveness depends on
the same motivating operation. For examples, food ingestion abates (decreases frequency of) bx
such as opening the fridge that has been reinforced by food.
abolishing operation - CORRECT ANSWER: a motivating operation that decreases the
reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event. For example, the reinforcing
effectiveness of food is abolished as a result of food ingestion
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) - CORRECT ANSWER: evidence-based bx therapy
focused on general well-being, defined as making reliable contact with high-priority positive
reinforcers
analytic - CORRECT ANSWER: that dimension which requires demonstration of functional
relations between the manipulated events and reliable change in some measurable dimension of
the target bx
antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER: an environmental condition or stimulus change existing or
occuring prior to behavior of interest
applied - CORRECT ANSWER: the selection of behavior that is socially significan for
participants and improves their daily life
applied behavior analysis - CORRECT ANSWER: the science in which tactics derived from the
principles of bx are systematically applied to improve socially significant behavior and
experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of bx
,arbitrarity applicable relational responding (AARR) - CORRECT ANSWER: forming new
stimulus classes with little or no reinforced practice
arbitrary relations - CORRECT ANSWER: stimulu to which people respond in interlocked ways,
not because of physical similarity but bc social-verbal reinforcement contingencies teach people
to respond to them in this way
autoclitic - CORRECT ANSWER: provide structure among verbal operants in terms of order,
agreement, grouping, and composition of larger units of verbal behavior such as sentences.
Autoclitic frames help speakers generate novel utterances
automatic reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER: reinforcement that occurs independent of the
social mediation of others
avoidance contingency - CORRECT ANSWER: a contingency in which a response prevents or
postpones the presentation of a stimulus
baseline - CORRECT ANSWER: a condition of an experiment in which the independent variable
is not present
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER: that portion of an organism's interaction with its environment
that involves movement of some part of the organism
behavior trap - CORRECT ANSWER: An interrelated community of contingencies of
reinforcement that can be especially powerful, producing substantial and long-lasting behavior
changes. Effective behavior traps share four essential features: (a) They are "baited" with
virtually irresistible reinforcers that "lure" the student to the trap; (b) only a low-effort response
already in the student's repertoire is necessary to enter the trap; (c) once inside the trap,
interrelated contingencies of reinforcement motivate the student to acquire, extend, and maintain
targeted academic and/or social skills; and (d) they can remain effective for a long time because
students show few, if any, satiation effects.
,behavior-altering effects - CORRECT ANSWER: either (a) an increase in the current frequency
of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event, called an evocative
effect; or (b) a decrease in the current frequency of bx that has been reinforced by some stimulu,
object, or event, called an abative effect. For example, the current frequency of behavior has
been reinforced with food, such as opening the fridge, is evoked (increased) or abated
(decreased) by food deprivation or food ingestion respectively
behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER: selection of behavior that is in need of improvement and
measurable; in addition, steps are taken to ensure that the behavior which was intended to be
changed is that which is changed
behavioral contrast - CORRECT ANSWER: The phenomenon in which a change in one
component of a multiple schedule that increases or decreases the rate of responding on that
component is accompanied by a change in the response rate in the opposite direction on the
other, unaltered component of the schedule.
behavioral inflexibility - CORRECT ANSWER: an insensitivity to external stimuli occurring
when private events interfere with well-being behaviors on which high-priority positive
reinforcers are contingent
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER: the philosophy of the science of behavior of which there
are various forms that focuses primarily of the theoretical and conceptual issues
bidirectional naming - CORRECT ANSWER: a higher-order verbal cusp consisting of the fusing
together of the speaker and listener repertoires in biderectional relations. A new word acquired as
listener can generate a teact without further training, and a new word acquired as a tact can
generate a listener relation without further training (these effects are consistent with emergent
symmetry and mutual entailment
causal relations - CORRECT ANSWER: If-then relationships (e.g., if A, then B; if B, then C)
that are a central feature of understanding and doing science. With respect to stimulus relations,
causal relations can define the structure of a stimulus class or define the behavior function
through which stimuli in a class are transformed.
, celeration - CORRECT ANSWER: the change in rate of responding over time; based on count
per unit of time; expressed as a factor by which responding is accelerating or decelerating
changing criterion design - CORRECT ANSWER: An experimental design in which an initial
base-line phase is followed by a series of treatment phases consisting of successive and gradually
changing criteria for reinforcement or punishment, and experimental control is evidenced by the
extent the level of responding changes to conform to each new criterion.
class expansion - CORRECT ANSWER: a new member is added to a demonstrated stimulus
equivalence class as the result of teaching a new conditional discrimination
class merger - CORRECT ANSWER: independent equivalence classes are combined as the
result of teaching a new but interrelated conditional discrimination
class-specific reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER: a match-to-sample procedure in which not
only is the correct comparison choice conditional on the sample stimulus, but the type of
consequence delivered is, too; class-specific consequences themselves become members of the
equivalence classes
codic - CORRECT ANSWER: a type of verbal behavior where the form of the response is under
the functional control of a verbal stimulus with point-to-point correspondence, but without
formal similarity. There is also a history of generalized reinforcement
combinatorial entailment - CORRECT ANSWER: a relation involving two stimuli that both
participate in mutual entailment with some common third stimulus
component analysis - CORRECT ANSWER: Any experiment designed to identify the active
elements of a treatment condition, the relative contributions of different variables in a treatment
package, and/or the necessary and sufficient components of an intervention.
concept - CORRECT ANSWER: a stimulus class whose members share a common set of
features
