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SPCE 611 exam 5 Questions with Correct
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behavioral contrast 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;
behavior punished in one situation may increase in other situations
where it's not punished.
conditioned punisher Answer: a stimulus change that functions as
punishment as a result of a person's conditioning history.
discriminative stimulus for punishment Answer: a stimulus condition
in the presence of which a response has lower probability of
occurrence than it does in its absence as a result of response-
contingent punishment delivery in the presence of the stimulus.
generalized conditioned punisher Answer: a stimulus change that
has been paired with numerous forms of unconditioned and
conditioned punishers.
negative punishment Answer: involves the termination of an already
present stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of an already
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present stimulus) immediately following a behavior that results in a
decrease in the future frequency of the behavior.
overcorrection Answer: a behavior reduction tactic in which,
contingent on each occurrence of the problem behavior, the learner
is required to engage in effortful behavior that is directly or logically
related to the problem.
positive practice overcorrection Answer: contingent on an
occurrence of the problem behavior the learner is required to
repeatedly perform a correct form of the behavior, or a behavior
incompatible with the problem, a specified number of times.
positive punishment Answer: occurs when the presentation of a
stimulus (or an increase in the intensity of an already present
stimulus) immediately following a behavior results in a decrease in
the frequency of the behavior.
punisher Answer: a stimulus change that immediately follows the
occurrence of a behavior and reduces the future frequency of that
type of behavior.
punishment Answer: has occurred when a response is followed
immediately by a stimulus change that decreases the future
frequency of similar responses;
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a two-term, behavior-consequence functional relation defined by its
effects on the future frequency of behavior.
response blocking Answer: physically intervening as soon as the
person begins to emit the problem behavior to prevent or "block"
the completion of the response.
restitutional overcorrection Answer: contingent on the problem
behavior, the learner is required to repair the damage caused by the
problem behavior by returning the environment to its original state
and then to engage in additional behavior that brings the
environment to a condition vastly better than it was prior to the
misbehavior.
unconditioned punisher Answer: a stimulus whose presentation
functions as punishment without having been paired with any other
punishers; product of the evolutionary history of a species
(phylogeny).
respondent aggression Answer: a response to pain or other aversive
unconditioned positive punishment stimuli.
operant aggression Answer: aggressive behavior following
punishment that occurs because it has enabled the person to
escape the aversive stimulation in the past.
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SPCE 611 exam 5 Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
behavioral contrast 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;
behavior punished in one situation may increase in other situations
where it's not punished.
conditioned punisher Answer: a stimulus change that functions as
punishment as a result of a person's conditioning history.
discriminative stimulus for punishment Answer: a stimulus condition
in the presence of which a response has lower probability of
occurrence than it does in its absence as a result of response-
contingent punishment delivery in the presence of the stimulus.
generalized conditioned punisher Answer: a stimulus change that
has been paired with numerous forms of unconditioned and
conditioned punishers.
negative punishment Answer: involves the termination of an already
present stimulus (or a decrease in the intensity of an already
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present stimulus) immediately following a behavior that results in a
decrease in the future frequency of the behavior.
overcorrection Answer: a behavior reduction tactic in which,
contingent on each occurrence of the problem behavior, the learner
is required to engage in effortful behavior that is directly or logically
related to the problem.
positive practice overcorrection Answer: contingent on an
occurrence of the problem behavior the learner is required to
repeatedly perform a correct form of the behavior, or a behavior
incompatible with the problem, a specified number of times.
positive punishment Answer: occurs when the presentation of a
stimulus (or an increase in the intensity of an already present
stimulus) immediately following a behavior results in a decrease in
the frequency of the behavior.
punisher Answer: a stimulus change that immediately follows the
occurrence of a behavior and reduces the future frequency of that
type of behavior.
punishment Answer: has occurred when a response is followed
immediately by a stimulus change that decreases the future
frequency of similar responses;
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a two-term, behavior-consequence functional relation defined by its
effects on the future frequency of behavior.
response blocking Answer: physically intervening as soon as the
person begins to emit the problem behavior to prevent or "block"
the completion of the response.
restitutional overcorrection Answer: contingent on the problem
behavior, the learner is required to repair the damage caused by the
problem behavior by returning the environment to its original state
and then to engage in additional behavior that brings the
environment to a condition vastly better than it was prior to the
misbehavior.
unconditioned punisher Answer: a stimulus whose presentation
functions as punishment without having been paired with any other
punishers; product of the evolutionary history of a species
(phylogeny).
respondent aggression Answer: a response to pain or other aversive
unconditioned positive punishment stimuli.
operant aggression Answer: aggressive behavior following
punishment that occurs because it has enabled the person to
escape the aversive stimulation in the past.
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