SPE 563 MODULE 4, SPE 563 MODULE 3,
SPE 56E PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION
(M1-2) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.parsimony - ANSWERS-scientific explanation that emphasizes
simplicity and reliance on well-established knowledge
\.empiricism - ANSWERS-knowledge base on experience
\.contingency - ANSWERS-a relationship between two events; one event
is predictive of the likelihood of occurrence
\.verbal behavior - ANSWERS-Behavior whose reinforcement is
mediated by a listener; the listener responds in a way that to reinforce
the speaker; requires the presence of another person (speaker and
lister; includes vocal, written, gestures, sign language
\.motivating operation - ANSWERS-An environmental variable that (a)
alters (increases or decreases) the reinforcing effectiveness of some
stimulus, object, or event; and (b) alters (increases or decreases) the
, current frequency of all behavior that have been reinforced by that
stimulus, object, or event.
\.echoic - ANSWERS-A verbal operant involving a response that is
evoked by a verbal discriminative stimulus that has point-to-point
correspondence and formal similarity with the response. verbal
imitation
\.tact - ANSWERS-a verbal operant evoked by a nonverbal Sd followed
by a generalized reinforcer; label
\.mand - ANSWERS-verbal operant that is evoked by an MO and
followed by specific reinforcement; request
\.intraverbal - ANSWERS-a verbal operant in which the speaker
differentially responds to other people; answering a question
\.rule-governed behavior - ANSWERS-a verbal Sd that induces an
activity (self control) in the listener that is consistent with a long term
contigency that is more conducive to the listeners ultimate health,
survival, reproductive success than alternatives; a verbal Sd that points
to reinforcement relation
\.conditioning - ANSWERS-learning
SPE 56E PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION
(M1-2) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.parsimony - ANSWERS-scientific explanation that emphasizes
simplicity and reliance on well-established knowledge
\.empiricism - ANSWERS-knowledge base on experience
\.contingency - ANSWERS-a relationship between two events; one event
is predictive of the likelihood of occurrence
\.verbal behavior - ANSWERS-Behavior whose reinforcement is
mediated by a listener; the listener responds in a way that to reinforce
the speaker; requires the presence of another person (speaker and
lister; includes vocal, written, gestures, sign language
\.motivating operation - ANSWERS-An environmental variable that (a)
alters (increases or decreases) the reinforcing effectiveness of some
stimulus, object, or event; and (b) alters (increases or decreases) the
, current frequency of all behavior that have been reinforced by that
stimulus, object, or event.
\.echoic - ANSWERS-A verbal operant involving a response that is
evoked by a verbal discriminative stimulus that has point-to-point
correspondence and formal similarity with the response. verbal
imitation
\.tact - ANSWERS-a verbal operant evoked by a nonverbal Sd followed
by a generalized reinforcer; label
\.mand - ANSWERS-verbal operant that is evoked by an MO and
followed by specific reinforcement; request
\.intraverbal - ANSWERS-a verbal operant in which the speaker
differentially responds to other people; answering a question
\.rule-governed behavior - ANSWERS-a verbal Sd that induces an
activity (self control) in the listener that is consistent with a long term
contigency that is more conducive to the listeners ultimate health,
survival, reproductive success than alternatives; a verbal Sd that points
to reinforcement relation
\.conditioning - ANSWERS-learning
