QABA ABAT STUDY SLIDES PART ONE
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ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
⩥ Operant behavior. Answer: behavior that operates on the environment,
producing consequences
⩥ Stimulus. Answer: follows a response that increases the likelihood
that the same response will occur again
⩥ Response. Answer: behavior that occurs in a specific circumstance
⩥ Stimulus class. Answer: a group of stimuli that share common
elements.
- they can share formal, functional or temporal similarities
⩥ Response class. Answer: consists of responses that, though
topographically different, result in the same consequences
⩥ Stimulus control. Answer: an expression used to detail circumstances
where a behavior is triggered by the existence or absence of a stimulus
,⩥ Matching law. Answer: behavioral principle that states that behavior
occurs in direct proportion to reinforcement available for each behavior
⩥ Tangible reinforcer. Answer: a reinforcer that is related to access to
physical items, such as a preferred toy, or food,
⩥ Edible reinforcer. Answer: a reinforcer that can be eaten, such as a sip
of a preferred drink or a bite of preferred food
⩥ Sensory reinforcer. Answer: sitting in a rocking chair, getting lotion
applied to hands, or playing with a favorite spinning top
⩥ Social reinforcer. Answer: reinforcement based on receiving attention,
approval, or affection from another person
⩥ Rate of reinforcement. Answer: how often the behavior is followed by
the reinforcer
⩥ Value of reinforcement. Answer: strength of the motivational
operation (MO) for a reinforcer
- how badly a learned "wants" the item.
⩥ Magnitude of reinforcement. Answer: the size or amount of the
reinforcer available each time reinforcement is provided
,⩥ Satiation. Answer: occurs when a person has been exposed to a
reinforcer continuously until the item or activity loses its motivating
effect on their behavior
⩥ Deprivation. Answer: an increase in the reinforcing effects of a
stimulus after prolonged periods without access
⩥ Negative reinforcement. Answer: the reinforcement of a response by
the removal, escape from, or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus
⩥ Negative punishment. Answer: the removal of a stimulus to decrease
the probability of a behavior's recurring
⩥ Positive reinforcement. Answer: he process of rewarding or
reinforcing desirable behavior in order to increase the likelihood that the
behavior will be repeated in the future
⩥ Positive Punishment. Answer: the administration of a stimulus to
decrease the probability of a behavior's recurring
⩥ Natural reinforcement. Answer: involves a reinforcer that does not
need to be learned, such as food, water
, ⩥ Conditioned reinforcement. Answer: occurs when a stimulus has
acquired the capacity to reinforce behaviors through its learned
association with a primary reinforcer
⩥ Unconditioned reinforcement. Answer: a motivating stimulus that
does not need to be learned
⩥ Primary reinforcement. Answer: an innately reinforcing stimulus, such
as one that satisfies a biological need
⩥ Secondary reinforcement. Answer: something that you have learned to
value, like money
⩥ Contingent reinforcement. Answer: situation in which a certain
response must be made before a reinforcer is obtained; that is, no
response, no reinforcer
⩥ Contingent punishment. Answer: providing aversive consequences to
reduce the frequency of a bad behavior
⩥ Differential reinforcement. Answer: behavior is reinforced by being
either rewarded or punished while interacting with others; also called
direct conditioning
CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026 FULL
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
⩥ Operant behavior. Answer: behavior that operates on the environment,
producing consequences
⩥ Stimulus. Answer: follows a response that increases the likelihood
that the same response will occur again
⩥ Response. Answer: behavior that occurs in a specific circumstance
⩥ Stimulus class. Answer: a group of stimuli that share common
elements.
- they can share formal, functional or temporal similarities
⩥ Response class. Answer: consists of responses that, though
topographically different, result in the same consequences
⩥ Stimulus control. Answer: an expression used to detail circumstances
where a behavior is triggered by the existence or absence of a stimulus
,⩥ Matching law. Answer: behavioral principle that states that behavior
occurs in direct proportion to reinforcement available for each behavior
⩥ Tangible reinforcer. Answer: a reinforcer that is related to access to
physical items, such as a preferred toy, or food,
⩥ Edible reinforcer. Answer: a reinforcer that can be eaten, such as a sip
of a preferred drink or a bite of preferred food
⩥ Sensory reinforcer. Answer: sitting in a rocking chair, getting lotion
applied to hands, or playing with a favorite spinning top
⩥ Social reinforcer. Answer: reinforcement based on receiving attention,
approval, or affection from another person
⩥ Rate of reinforcement. Answer: how often the behavior is followed by
the reinforcer
⩥ Value of reinforcement. Answer: strength of the motivational
operation (MO) for a reinforcer
- how badly a learned "wants" the item.
⩥ Magnitude of reinforcement. Answer: the size or amount of the
reinforcer available each time reinforcement is provided
,⩥ Satiation. Answer: occurs when a person has been exposed to a
reinforcer continuously until the item or activity loses its motivating
effect on their behavior
⩥ Deprivation. Answer: an increase in the reinforcing effects of a
stimulus after prolonged periods without access
⩥ Negative reinforcement. Answer: the reinforcement of a response by
the removal, escape from, or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus
⩥ Negative punishment. Answer: the removal of a stimulus to decrease
the probability of a behavior's recurring
⩥ Positive reinforcement. Answer: he process of rewarding or
reinforcing desirable behavior in order to increase the likelihood that the
behavior will be repeated in the future
⩥ Positive Punishment. Answer: the administration of a stimulus to
decrease the probability of a behavior's recurring
⩥ Natural reinforcement. Answer: involves a reinforcer that does not
need to be learned, such as food, water
, ⩥ Conditioned reinforcement. Answer: occurs when a stimulus has
acquired the capacity to reinforce behaviors through its learned
association with a primary reinforcer
⩥ Unconditioned reinforcement. Answer: a motivating stimulus that
does not need to be learned
⩥ Primary reinforcement. Answer: an innately reinforcing stimulus, such
as one that satisfies a biological need
⩥ Secondary reinforcement. Answer: something that you have learned to
value, like money
⩥ Contingent reinforcement. Answer: situation in which a certain
response must be made before a reinforcer is obtained; that is, no
response, no reinforcer
⩥ Contingent punishment. Answer: providing aversive consequences to
reduce the frequency of a bad behavior
⩥ Differential reinforcement. Answer: behavior is reinforced by being
either rewarded or punished while interacting with others; also called
direct conditioning
