SPCE 609 Ball State University SAFMEDS UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Antecedent An environmental condition or stimulus change
that exists or occurs prior to the behavior.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) The process of analyzing and improving socially
significant behaviors through the scientific method.
Automatic Reinforcement Reinforcement that occurs in the absence of social
consequences.
Automatic Punishment Punishment that occurs in the absence of social
consequences.
Behavioral Functions A functional relation between a stimulus and
response. Stimulus change can have an immediate
but temporary effect, or delayed but permanent
effect on behavior frequency.
Behavior The portion of an organism's interaction with the
environment that involves some movement of the
organism.
Behavior Altering Effect An increase or decrease in behavior due to the
reinforcement history.
, Behavioral Assessment A form of assessment that includes indirect and
direct procedures such as interviews, checklists,
and tests to identify and define a behavior targeted
for change.
Behavioral Cusp A behavior that accesses quick and dramatic
consequences that result in long lasting changes
because it exposes the individual to new
reinforcers, environments, contingencies,
responses, and stimulus controls.
Radical Behaviorism The study of all human behavior including public
and private events.
Calibration A comparison of data produced from a
measurement system to a true value or known
standard. If errors are found then this information is
used to correct the measurement system.
Celeration The change in rate of responding over time.
Concurrent Chains (Schedule) An experimental design in which participants have
Design two or more response options resulting in different
treatment procedures.
Conditioned Punisher A previously neutral stimulus change that functions
as a punisher due to prior pairing with other
punishers.
Conditioned Reflex A learned stimulus-response functional relation
with an antecedent stimulus and the response it
elicits.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Antecedent An environmental condition or stimulus change
that exists or occurs prior to the behavior.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) The process of analyzing and improving socially
significant behaviors through the scientific method.
Automatic Reinforcement Reinforcement that occurs in the absence of social
consequences.
Automatic Punishment Punishment that occurs in the absence of social
consequences.
Behavioral Functions A functional relation between a stimulus and
response. Stimulus change can have an immediate
but temporary effect, or delayed but permanent
effect on behavior frequency.
Behavior The portion of an organism's interaction with the
environment that involves some movement of the
organism.
Behavior Altering Effect An increase or decrease in behavior due to the
reinforcement history.
, Behavioral Assessment A form of assessment that includes indirect and
direct procedures such as interviews, checklists,
and tests to identify and define a behavior targeted
for change.
Behavioral Cusp A behavior that accesses quick and dramatic
consequences that result in long lasting changes
because it exposes the individual to new
reinforcers, environments, contingencies,
responses, and stimulus controls.
Radical Behaviorism The study of all human behavior including public
and private events.
Calibration A comparison of data produced from a
measurement system to a true value or known
standard. If errors are found then this information is
used to correct the measurement system.
Celeration The change in rate of responding over time.
Concurrent Chains (Schedule) An experimental design in which participants have
Design two or more response options resulting in different
treatment procedures.
Conditioned Punisher A previously neutral stimulus change that functions
as a punisher due to prior pairing with other
punishers.
Conditioned Reflex A learned stimulus-response functional relation
with an antecedent stimulus and the response it
elicits.
