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295 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 295
an experimental design characterized by the rapid alternation of two or more distinct treatments
(IVs) while their effects on the target behavior are measured
alternating treatments design
multiple baseline design
changing criterion design
behavior-altering effect
Term 2 of 295
social validity
a form of punishment in which the loss of a specific amount of reinforcement occurs,
contingent on an inappropriate behavior, and results in the decreased probability of the
future occurrence of the behavior
the use of progressively more typical environments, expectatios, and procedures "to
establish and/ore maintain personal behaviors which are as culturally normal as possible"
schedules of reinforcement which require a number of responses before one responses
produces reinforcement; participant's response rate determines rate of reinforcement
refers to the extent to which target behaviors are appropriate, intervention procedures are
acceptable, and important and significant changes in target and collateral behaviors are
produced
,Term 3 of 295
stimulus discrimination training
a variety of procedures used to determine (a) the stimuli that the person prefers, (b) the
relative preference values of those stimuli (high preference versus low preference), and (c)
the conditions under which those preference values change when task demands,
deprivation states, or schedules of reinforcement are modified
chaining which links behaviors beginning with the last behavior in the sequence; the
behaviors identified in the task analysis are initially completed by the trainer, except for the
final behavior
training in which responses are reinforced in the presence of one stimulus condition (SD)
but not reinforced in the presence of other stimulus (Sdelta)
any group of stimuli sharing a predetermined set of common elements in one or more of
the following: physical features, temporally, & functionally
Term 4 of 295
overall response rate
dependency of a particular consequence on the occurrence of the behavior
the rate of response during periods of time smaller than that for which a overall rate has
been given
number of responses per unit of time
average rate of response over a given time period
Term 5 of 295
operant conditioning
the rate of response during periods of time smaller than that for which a overall rate has
been given
the stimulus component of a conditioned reflex
the process and selective effects of consequences on behavior
learning based on the consequences of responding
,Definition 6 of 295
a percentage of agreement between the total number of responses recorded by two observers
calculated by dividing the smaller of the counts by the larger count and multiplying by 100
total count IOA
scored-interval ioa
total duration Ioa
mean count-per-interval Ioa
Definition 7 of 295
a level of behavior observed in an earlier phase cannot be reproduced even though the
experimental conditions are the same as they were during the earlier phase
sequence effects
reliability
transitivity
irreversibility
Term 8 of 295
behavior-altering effect
a reversal design in which the control condition consists of delivering the event suspected
of functioning as reinforcement following the emission of any behavior other than the
target behavior
(a) an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some
stimulus object or event or (b) a decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event
a specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a particular stimulus
condition that produces a terminal outcome
definition of responses as members of the targeted response class solely by their common
effect on the environment; encompasses all relevant forms of the response class
, Term 9 of 295
doable
a behavior-reinforcement relation that occurs without the presentation of consequences by
other people
dimension of ABA that says interventions should be pragmatic
three elements: prediction, verification, and replication
the extent to which a measurement procedure yields the same results over time
Term 10 of 295
temporal locus
a set of stimuli that share common physical forms or common relative relations
the extent to which a measurement procedure yields the same results over time
highlighting a physical dimension of a stimulus to increase the likelihood of a correct
response and then gradually fading the highlighted dimension
every instance of behavior occurs at a certain point in time with respect to other events
Definition 11 of 295
the percentage of total intervals in which two observers recorded the same count calculated by
dividing the number of intervals with 100% IOA by the total number of intervals and multiplying by
100
total count Ioa
stimulus generalization Gradient
exact count-per-interval IOA
mean duration-per-occurrence Ioa
295 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 295
an experimental design characterized by the rapid alternation of two or more distinct treatments
(IVs) while their effects on the target behavior are measured
alternating treatments design
multiple baseline design
changing criterion design
behavior-altering effect
Term 2 of 295
social validity
a form of punishment in which the loss of a specific amount of reinforcement occurs,
contingent on an inappropriate behavior, and results in the decreased probability of the
future occurrence of the behavior
the use of progressively more typical environments, expectatios, and procedures "to
establish and/ore maintain personal behaviors which are as culturally normal as possible"
schedules of reinforcement which require a number of responses before one responses
produces reinforcement; participant's response rate determines rate of reinforcement
refers to the extent to which target behaviors are appropriate, intervention procedures are
acceptable, and important and significant changes in target and collateral behaviors are
produced
,Term 3 of 295
stimulus discrimination training
a variety of procedures used to determine (a) the stimuli that the person prefers, (b) the
relative preference values of those stimuli (high preference versus low preference), and (c)
the conditions under which those preference values change when task demands,
deprivation states, or schedules of reinforcement are modified
chaining which links behaviors beginning with the last behavior in the sequence; the
behaviors identified in the task analysis are initially completed by the trainer, except for the
final behavior
training in which responses are reinforced in the presence of one stimulus condition (SD)
but not reinforced in the presence of other stimulus (Sdelta)
any group of stimuli sharing a predetermined set of common elements in one or more of
the following: physical features, temporally, & functionally
Term 4 of 295
overall response rate
dependency of a particular consequence on the occurrence of the behavior
the rate of response during periods of time smaller than that for which a overall rate has
been given
number of responses per unit of time
average rate of response over a given time period
Term 5 of 295
operant conditioning
the rate of response during periods of time smaller than that for which a overall rate has
been given
the stimulus component of a conditioned reflex
the process and selective effects of consequences on behavior
learning based on the consequences of responding
,Definition 6 of 295
a percentage of agreement between the total number of responses recorded by two observers
calculated by dividing the smaller of the counts by the larger count and multiplying by 100
total count IOA
scored-interval ioa
total duration Ioa
mean count-per-interval Ioa
Definition 7 of 295
a level of behavior observed in an earlier phase cannot be reproduced even though the
experimental conditions are the same as they were during the earlier phase
sequence effects
reliability
transitivity
irreversibility
Term 8 of 295
behavior-altering effect
a reversal design in which the control condition consists of delivering the event suspected
of functioning as reinforcement following the emission of any behavior other than the
target behavior
(a) an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some
stimulus object or event or (b) a decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has
been reinforced by some stimulus, object, or event
a specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a particular stimulus
condition that produces a terminal outcome
definition of responses as members of the targeted response class solely by their common
effect on the environment; encompasses all relevant forms of the response class
, Term 9 of 295
doable
a behavior-reinforcement relation that occurs without the presentation of consequences by
other people
dimension of ABA that says interventions should be pragmatic
three elements: prediction, verification, and replication
the extent to which a measurement procedure yields the same results over time
Term 10 of 295
temporal locus
a set of stimuli that share common physical forms or common relative relations
the extent to which a measurement procedure yields the same results over time
highlighting a physical dimension of a stimulus to increase the likelihood of a correct
response and then gradually fading the highlighted dimension
every instance of behavior occurs at a certain point in time with respect to other events
Definition 11 of 295
the percentage of total intervals in which two observers recorded the same count calculated by
dividing the number of intervals with 100% IOA by the total number of intervals and multiplying by
100
total count Ioa
stimulus generalization Gradient
exact count-per-interval IOA
mean duration-per-occurrence Ioa
