EDF 6225 Exam #2 Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
the results of an experiment that describe the occurrence
of the phenomena under study as a function of the op-
eration of one or more specified and controlled variables
in the experiment in which specific change in one event
Functional Relationship
(dependent variable) can be produced by manipulating
another event (the independent variable) and that the
change in the dependent variable was unlikely the result
of other factors (confounding variable).
It shows specific manipulations of one event (IV) produce
a change in other events (DV) and that change in the DV
Functional Relationship
was unlikely the result of extraneous factors (confounding
variables)- this finding is the....
The variable that is systematically manipulated by the re-
searcher in an experiment to see whether changes in
the independent variable produce reliable changes in the
Independent Variable (IV) dependent variable. In applied behavior analysis, it is
usually an environment event or condition antecedent or
consequent to the dependent variable. (sometimes called
the intervention or treatment variable)
The measured behavior in an experiment to determine if
it changes as a result of manipulations of the independent
Dependent Variable (DV) variable; in applied behavior analysis, it represents some
measure of a socially significant behavior. (Target behav-
ior)
is the environmental conditions or stimulus changes that
antecedent
exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest.
Behavior An organism's interaction with the environment.
is anything immediately following a behavior in which we
Consequence
are interested.
Stimulus Class
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, EDF 6225 Exam #2 Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
A group of stimuli that are similar along one or more
dimensions (for example, they look or sound similar, they
have a common ettect on behavior, or they occur at similar
times relative to the response).
You show a student a banana, kiwi, strawberry and plum.
Stimulus Class You ask the student, "What are these?" The student says,
"Fruit", even though they are all ditterent fruits.
is a group of responses that produce the same ettect on
Response Class the environment. (in other words, several behaviors that
have the same function.)
A patient engages in head banging, screaming, and hit-
ting statt which all produce the same ettect on the en-
Response Class
vironment; the patient can escape their non-preferred
therapies.
Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Rein-
The 4 Reinforcer Dimensions
forcer Delay, and Response ettort.
Rate of reinforcement is the number of reinforcements per time
how good is that reinforcer compared to other similar
Quality of reinforcement
reinforcers
refers to whether access to reinforcers earned was imme-
Reinforcer Delay
diate or delayed.
the amount of ettort a person must put forth to successful-
ly complete a specific behavior and can have a direct im-
Response Ettort
pact on the frequency with which the person will engage
in that behavior
says that we (animals including humans) perform behav-
Hernstein's Matching Law iors in a ratio that matches the ratio of available reinforce-
ment for those behaviors.
The matching law
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the results of an experiment that describe the occurrence
of the phenomena under study as a function of the op-
eration of one or more specified and controlled variables
in the experiment in which specific change in one event
Functional Relationship
(dependent variable) can be produced by manipulating
another event (the independent variable) and that the
change in the dependent variable was unlikely the result
of other factors (confounding variable).
It shows specific manipulations of one event (IV) produce
a change in other events (DV) and that change in the DV
Functional Relationship
was unlikely the result of extraneous factors (confounding
variables)- this finding is the....
The variable that is systematically manipulated by the re-
searcher in an experiment to see whether changes in
the independent variable produce reliable changes in the
Independent Variable (IV) dependent variable. In applied behavior analysis, it is
usually an environment event or condition antecedent or
consequent to the dependent variable. (sometimes called
the intervention or treatment variable)
The measured behavior in an experiment to determine if
it changes as a result of manipulations of the independent
Dependent Variable (DV) variable; in applied behavior analysis, it represents some
measure of a socially significant behavior. (Target behav-
ior)
is the environmental conditions or stimulus changes that
antecedent
exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest.
Behavior An organism's interaction with the environment.
is anything immediately following a behavior in which we
Consequence
are interested.
Stimulus Class
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, EDF 6225 Exam #2 Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
A group of stimuli that are similar along one or more
dimensions (for example, they look or sound similar, they
have a common ettect on behavior, or they occur at similar
times relative to the response).
You show a student a banana, kiwi, strawberry and plum.
Stimulus Class You ask the student, "What are these?" The student says,
"Fruit", even though they are all ditterent fruits.
is a group of responses that produce the same ettect on
Response Class the environment. (in other words, several behaviors that
have the same function.)
A patient engages in head banging, screaming, and hit-
ting statt which all produce the same ettect on the en-
Response Class
vironment; the patient can escape their non-preferred
therapies.
Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Rein-
The 4 Reinforcer Dimensions
forcer Delay, and Response ettort.
Rate of reinforcement is the number of reinforcements per time
how good is that reinforcer compared to other similar
Quality of reinforcement
reinforcers
refers to whether access to reinforcers earned was imme-
Reinforcer Delay
diate or delayed.
the amount of ettort a person must put forth to successful-
ly complete a specific behavior and can have a direct im-
Response Ettort
pact on the frequency with which the person will engage
in that behavior
says that we (animals including humans) perform behav-
Hernstein's Matching Law iors in a ratio that matches the ratio of available reinforce-
ment for those behaviors.
The matching law
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