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Motivating Operations (MO) - ANSWER An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. Contingency - ANSWER Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's controlling variables. Satiation - ANSWER Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines. Positive Reinforcement - ANSWER A type of reinforcement in which the presentation of the stimulus is contingent upon the response, resulting in an increase in the future probability of that response Negative Reinforcement - ANSWER A type of reinforcement in which removal of a stimulus is contingent on a response, resulting in an increase in the future probability of that response. Positive Punishment - ANSWER A type of punishment in which stimulus presentation is contingent on a response, resulting in the decrease of the future probability of that response Negative Punishment - ANSWER A type of punishment in which stimulus removal is contingent on a response, resulting in the decrease of the future probability of that response. Establishing Operations (EO) - ANSWER Increases motivation for something and increases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer Abolishing Operations (AO) - ANSWER Decreases motivation for something and decreases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - ANSWER A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced and in the absence of which that response will not be reinf