EDF 6225 FINAL ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ Behavior.
Answer: An organism's interaction with the environment.
◉ Consequence.
Answer: is anything immediately following a behavior in which we
are interested.
◉ Stimulus Class.
Answer: A group of stimuli that are similar along one or more
dimensions (for example, they look or sound similar, they have a
common effect on behavior, or they occur at similar times relative to
the response).
◉ Stimulus Class.
Answer: You show a student a banana, kiwi, strawberry and plum.
You ask the student, "What are these?" The student says, "Fruit",
even though they are all different fruits.
◉ Response Class.
, Answer: is a group of responses that produce the same effect on the
environment. (in other words, several behaviors that have the same
function.)
◉ Response Class.
Answer: A patient engages in head banging, screaming, and hitting
staff which all produce the same effect on the environment; the
patient can escape their non-preferred therapies.
◉ The 4 Reinforcer Dimensions.
Answer: Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Reinforcer
Delay, and Response effort.
◉ Rate of reinforcement.
Answer: is the number of reinforcements per time
◉ Quality of reinforcement.
Answer: how good is that reinforcer compared to other similar
reinforcers
◉ Reinforcer Delay.
Answer: refers to whether access to reinforcers earned was
immediate or delayed.
AND ANSWERS
◉ Behavior.
Answer: An organism's interaction with the environment.
◉ Consequence.
Answer: is anything immediately following a behavior in which we
are interested.
◉ Stimulus Class.
Answer: A group of stimuli that are similar along one or more
dimensions (for example, they look or sound similar, they have a
common effect on behavior, or they occur at similar times relative to
the response).
◉ Stimulus Class.
Answer: You show a student a banana, kiwi, strawberry and plum.
You ask the student, "What are these?" The student says, "Fruit",
even though they are all different fruits.
◉ Response Class.
, Answer: is a group of responses that produce the same effect on the
environment. (in other words, several behaviors that have the same
function.)
◉ Response Class.
Answer: A patient engages in head banging, screaming, and hitting
staff which all produce the same effect on the environment; the
patient can escape their non-preferred therapies.
◉ The 4 Reinforcer Dimensions.
Answer: Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Reinforcer
Delay, and Response effort.
◉ Rate of reinforcement.
Answer: is the number of reinforcements per time
◉ Quality of reinforcement.
Answer: how good is that reinforcer compared to other similar
reinforcers
◉ Reinforcer Delay.
Answer: refers to whether access to reinforcers earned was
immediate or delayed.
