SPCE 689 Final Questions with Answers (100% Correct
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abative effect —Answer: A decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been
reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating
operation
Abolishing operation —Answer: A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
behavior-altering effect —Answer: An alteration in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by the stimulus that is altered in effectiveness by the same motivating
operation.
conditioned motivating operation —Answer: A motivating operation whose value-altering
effect depends on a learning history.
establishing operation —Answer: A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
evocative effect —Answer: an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been
reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating
operation
function-altering effect —Answer: A relatively permanent change in an organism's repertoire
of MO, stimulus, and response relations, caused by reinforcement, punishment, an extinction
procedure, or a recovery from punishment procedure.
motivating operation —Answer: An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing or
punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event; and alters the current frequency of
all behavior that has been reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event
recovery from punishment procedure —Answer: The occurrence of a previously punished type
of response without its punishing consequence. This procedure is analogous to the extinction of
previously reinforced behavior and has the effect of undoing the effect of the punishment.
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, Reflexive conditioned motivating operations —Answer: A stimulus that acquires MO
effectiveness by preceding some form of worsening or improvement. It is exemplified by the
warning stimulus in a typical escape-avoidance procedure, which establishes its own offset as
reinforcement and evokes all behavior that has accomplished that offset.
Combinatorial Entailment —Answer: Trained: A > B and B > C
Derived: A > C and C < A
Combinatorial Entailment —Answer: Two or more stimulus relations can mutually combine
Generalized Operant —Answer: An operant in which the form of the individual responses in
the class vary considerably
multiple exemplar training —Answer: Individual is given multiple opportunities to make a
response in a given context, the irrelevant features of the task vary across opportunities, but the
condition for obtaining reinforcement remains the same
Mutual Entailment —Answer: Trained: A > B
Derived: B < A
Mutual Entailment —Answer: A relation in one direction between two stimuli (e.g., A to B)
entails a relation in the other direction (e.g., B to A)
Relational Frame —Answer: A generalized pattern of relational responding that is arbitrarily
applicable and has the properties of mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment, and
transformation of stimulus function
Relational Responding —Answer: Responding to one stimulus based on its relation to another
stimulus or stimuli
transformation of stimulus functions —Answer: The functions a stimulus has for a person can
be changed on the basis of how it is related to other stimuli
audience —Answer: A type of controlling variable that is usually a listener in the presence of
whom verbal behavior is typically reinforced and that controls a group of response forms
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Answers)
abative effect —Answer: A decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been
reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating
operation
Abolishing operation —Answer: A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
behavior-altering effect —Answer: An alteration in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by the stimulus that is altered in effectiveness by the same motivating
operation.
conditioned motivating operation —Answer: A motivating operation whose value-altering
effect depends on a learning history.
establishing operation —Answer: A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer.
evocative effect —Answer: an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been
reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing effectiveness by the same motivating
operation
function-altering effect —Answer: A relatively permanent change in an organism's repertoire
of MO, stimulus, and response relations, caused by reinforcement, punishment, an extinction
procedure, or a recovery from punishment procedure.
motivating operation —Answer: An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing or
punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event; and alters the current frequency of
all behavior that has been reinforced or punished by that stimulus, object, or event
recovery from punishment procedure —Answer: The occurrence of a previously punished type
of response without its punishing consequence. This procedure is analogous to the extinction of
previously reinforced behavior and has the effect of undoing the effect of the punishment.
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, Reflexive conditioned motivating operations —Answer: A stimulus that acquires MO
effectiveness by preceding some form of worsening or improvement. It is exemplified by the
warning stimulus in a typical escape-avoidance procedure, which establishes its own offset as
reinforcement and evokes all behavior that has accomplished that offset.
Combinatorial Entailment —Answer: Trained: A > B and B > C
Derived: A > C and C < A
Combinatorial Entailment —Answer: Two or more stimulus relations can mutually combine
Generalized Operant —Answer: An operant in which the form of the individual responses in
the class vary considerably
multiple exemplar training —Answer: Individual is given multiple opportunities to make a
response in a given context, the irrelevant features of the task vary across opportunities, but the
condition for obtaining reinforcement remains the same
Mutual Entailment —Answer: Trained: A > B
Derived: B < A
Mutual Entailment —Answer: A relation in one direction between two stimuli (e.g., A to B)
entails a relation in the other direction (e.g., B to A)
Relational Frame —Answer: A generalized pattern of relational responding that is arbitrarily
applicable and has the properties of mutual entailment, combinatorial entailment, and
transformation of stimulus function
Relational Responding —Answer: Responding to one stimulus based on its relation to another
stimulus or stimuli
transformation of stimulus functions —Answer: The functions a stimulus has for a person can
be changed on the basis of how it is related to other stimuli
audience —Answer: A type of controlling variable that is usually a listener in the presence of
whom verbal behavior is typically reinforced and that controls a group of response forms
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