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conditioned punisher
Ans: A previously neutral stimulus change that functions as a punisher because
of prior pairing with one or more other punishers.
unconditioned punisher
Ans: A stimulus that, usually, is punishing without any prior learning.
conditioned reinforcer
Ans: a stimulus that has acquired reinforcing properties through prior learning
unconditioned reinforcer
Ans: A stimulus that, usually, is reinforcing without any prior learning.
Matching law
Ans: suggests that when different schedules of reinforcement are available at the
same time for different behaviors, individuals will distribute their behavior
according to the relative rates of reinforcement available for each option.
discovering a near perfect correlation b/w reinforcement and behavior
SD
Ans: is the antecedent stimulus that has stimulus control over behavior because
the behavior was reliably reinforced in the presence of that stimulus in the past. It
signals the availability of a particular reinforcer for a particular behavior.
S delta
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Ans: A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will not be
reinforced or punished.
Premack Principle
Ans: The concept, developed by David Premack, that a more-preferred activity
can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity.
respondent behavior
Ans: is defined as behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli. It is induced, or
brought out, by a stimulus that precedes the behavior: nothing else is required for
the response to occur. i.e. bright light in the eyes (antecedent stimulus) will elicit
pupil contraction.
operant behavior
Ans: Behavior that is selected, maintained, and brought under stimulus control
as a function of its consequences. each person's repertoire of this type of
behavior is a product of his history of interactions with the environment
Radical Behaviorism (Skinner)
Ans: attempts to understand all human behavior, including private events such
as thoughts and feelings, in terms of controlling variables in the history of the
person and the species.
methodological behaviorism
Ans: a philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be
publicly observed as outside the realm of science. It acknowledges the existence
of mental events but do not consider them in the analysis of behavior.
independent variable
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EDF 6225 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
conditioned punisher
Ans: A previously neutral stimulus change that functions as a punisher because
of prior pairing with one or more other punishers.
unconditioned punisher
Ans: A stimulus that, usually, is punishing without any prior learning.
conditioned reinforcer
Ans: a stimulus that has acquired reinforcing properties through prior learning
unconditioned reinforcer
Ans: A stimulus that, usually, is reinforcing without any prior learning.
Matching law
Ans: suggests that when different schedules of reinforcement are available at the
same time for different behaviors, individuals will distribute their behavior
according to the relative rates of reinforcement available for each option.
discovering a near perfect correlation b/w reinforcement and behavior
SD
Ans: is the antecedent stimulus that has stimulus control over behavior because
the behavior was reliably reinforced in the presence of that stimulus in the past. It
signals the availability of a particular reinforcer for a particular behavior.
S delta
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Ans: A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will not be
reinforced or punished.
Premack Principle
Ans: The concept, developed by David Premack, that a more-preferred activity
can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity.
respondent behavior
Ans: is defined as behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli. It is induced, or
brought out, by a stimulus that precedes the behavior: nothing else is required for
the response to occur. i.e. bright light in the eyes (antecedent stimulus) will elicit
pupil contraction.
operant behavior
Ans: Behavior that is selected, maintained, and brought under stimulus control
as a function of its consequences. each person's repertoire of this type of
behavior is a product of his history of interactions with the environment
Radical Behaviorism (Skinner)
Ans: attempts to understand all human behavior, including private events such
as thoughts and feelings, in terms of controlling variables in the history of the
person and the species.
methodological behaviorism
Ans: a philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be
publicly observed as outside the realm of science. It acknowledges the existence
of mental events but do not consider them in the analysis of behavior.
independent variable
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