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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026
▶ Physical characteristics (how they look or interact with the environment)
and functions (behaviors that are unrelated but share the same function).
Answer: Behavior class
▶ "Action of an organism's effector" In a human this could occur in striated
muscles, smooth muscles (stomach or bladder muscles), or glands..
Answer: Response
▶ Responses can be described by:. Answer: Response topography (form -
how they look, physical characteristics) and functional (effects of behavior
on environment
▶ "an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells"
Anything that an organism interacts with even if it's not observable.
Answer: Stimulus
▶ Defined as behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli. Ready-made
behaviors protect against harmful stimuli.. Answer: Respondent behavior
▶ Gradually diminishing response strength. Answer: Habituation
▶ Experimental demonstrations of respondent behavior. Answer:
Respondent conditioning
▶ Respondent conditioning. Answer: Ivan Pavlov & dogs
▶ Environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur prior to
the behavior.. Answer: Antecedent
▶ A stimulus change that followed a behavior of interest. Answer:
Consequence
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026
▶ Physical characteristics (how they look or interact with the environment)
and functions (behaviors that are unrelated but share the same function).
Answer: Behavior class
▶ "Action of an organism's effector" In a human this could occur in striated
muscles, smooth muscles (stomach or bladder muscles), or glands..
Answer: Response
▶ Responses can be described by:. Answer: Response topography (form -
how they look, physical characteristics) and functional (effects of behavior
on environment
▶ "an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells"
Anything that an organism interacts with even if it's not observable.
Answer: Stimulus
▶ Defined as behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli. Ready-made
behaviors protect against harmful stimuli.. Answer: Respondent behavior
▶ Gradually diminishing response strength. Answer: Habituation
▶ Experimental demonstrations of respondent behavior. Answer:
Respondent conditioning
▶ Respondent conditioning. Answer: Ivan Pavlov & dogs
▶ Environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur prior to
the behavior.. Answer: Antecedent
▶ A stimulus change that followed a behavior of interest. Answer:
Consequence
