Final Exam ABA 503
Behavior - ANS-Anything an organism does and its interaction with the environment
Applied Behavior Analysis - ANS-a branch of behavior analysis that uses behavior principles to
solve practical problems (i.e., problems with social significance)
Respondent - ANS-• "elicited" by an antecedent stimulus (ex. Reflex)
• Covert (only one person)
• Thinking, attending, perceiving
Operant - ANS-• Selected by a consequential stimulus (ex. Raise your hand and you get a 100
dollar bill and then everyone raises their hand)
• "emitted"
• Overt (observable by more than one person)
• Walking, talking, driving
Habituation - ANS-A reduction in a UR as a function of repeated presentations
Reinforcement - ANS-a stimulus change immediately following a response that results in an
increase in the future probability of that response in similar circumstances
Punishment - ANS-A stimulus change immediately following a response that results in an
decrease in the future probability of that response in similar circumstances
Positive reinforcement - ANS-The consequence is the presentation of some stimulus or event
Negative reinforcement - ANS-The consequence is the removal or prevention of some stimulus
or event
Positive punishment - ANS-The consequence is the presentation of some stimulus or event
Negative punishment - ANS-The consequence is the removal of some stimulus or event
Extinction - ANS-o Withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced response
o A decline in the probability of a response to pre-reinforcement levels
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