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Rules for Reinforcement - Answer- 1- define target behavior
2-select reinforcers
3-make reinforcement immediate and certain
4-monitor results
problems with reinforcement - Answer- -inappropriate use or -bootleg reinforcement
-moral objections
-interruption of normal social behavior
-unfulfilled expectations
-superstitious behaviors may evolve
- reinforcing a strongly desired activity may backfire
behavioral contrast - Answer- a response pattern in which an organism evaluates a
reward relative to other available rewards or those that have been available recently -
situational
how to calculate interobserver reliability for interval data - Answer- you compare the
data collected by two people and count up the number of intervals that agree and then
divide that number by the total number of intervals and multiply by 100
ABAB reversal design - Answer- type of experimental design in which an intervention is
introduced, withdrawn, and then reinstated, and the behavior of a participant is
examined on and off the treatment
Define reinforcer - Answer- an event that increases the likelihood of a behavior being
repeated
when is a behavior functional? - Answer- when the behavior works for the dog and
contributes to her ecolutionary success
two terms synonymous with classical conditioning - Answer- respondant behavior and
reflexive behavior
differential reinforcement - Answer- Any procedure that combines extinction and
reinforcement to change the frequency of a target behavior
studied cats escaping boxes - like sqirrel obstacle course - Answer- Thornedike
, Little Albert and rat - Answer- John Watson
Classical conditioning scientist - Answer- Pavlov
Operant conditioning scientist - Answer- Skinner
What is science of behavior change? - Answer- you can count it, you can repeat it, you
can experiment on it
what is behavior analysis? - Answer- the study of the functional relations between
behavior and environmental events
Functional Relations - Answer- the tendency of one event to vary in a regular way with
one or more other events
Functional Behaviors - Answer- behaviors that serve to allow the animal to operate
within it's environment
correlation does not always mean causation - Answer- in applied behavior, analysis and
functional relationships we are mostly concerned with causitive relationships
Behavior - Answer- any observable action that an animal can carry out
Overt Behavior - Answer- can be observed and is measureable, repeatable and
changeable
Covert Behavior - Answer- not observeable like thoughts, heartbeat
Respondent Behavior - Classical - Answer- startling, drooling at smell of food
Operant behavior - Answer- the behavior influences the outcome
Behavioral Repetoire - Answer- all things an individual is capable of doing
Learning history - Answer- All the environmental events (antecedents and
consequences) that have affected a person's behavior up to the present.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Answer- the attempt to solve behavior problems by
providing antecedents and or consequences that change behavior
when is behavior a problem - normal behavior out of context - Answer- when it
interferes with daily living, when it interfere's with learner's welfare, when it interfere's
with the welfare of the learner's family
Five Freedoms - Answer- Freedom from hunger and thirst