EAB 3002 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2024-2025
Reinforcement - ANSWER The process of increasing frequency of a behavior/response
Occurs when a stimulus CHANGE immediately following a response in the INCREASE in
the frequency of that behavior.
Reinforcer - ANSWER The stimulus that behavior/response(s) strengthening is
contingent upon.
Deprivation - ANSWER Restricting access to a reinforcing event.
Satiation - ANSWER Repeated presentations of a reinforcer weaken its effectiveness,
and the rate of response declines.
Textual Behavior - ANSWER Verbal operant controlled by verbal antecedents having
correspondence but no formal similarity.
Ex. Writing down what someone is saying.
Echoic - ANSWER Verbal operant controlled by a verbal antecedent having
correspondence and formal similarity.
Ex. You say "bye-bye" and your baby cousin says "bye-bye".
Formal Similarity - RESPONSE Verbal stimulus and the product of the response are in
the same mode, and have a physical resemblance.
,Ex. if someone signs "hello" and you sign back "hello" exactly, there was a formal
similarity. If someone signs "hello", and you say "hello" in return, there was no formal
similarity.
Intraverbal - RESPONSE Verbal operant controlled by verbal S^D's.
Ex. Saying "Marco!" and having someone say "Polo!
Tacting- ANSWER Verbal operant whose form is controlled by nonverbal S^D's and
maintained by generalized reinforcement.
Ex. A child sees a ball, and says "Ball!"
Manding- ANSWER A verbal operant whose form is controlled by establishing
operations.
Ex. Saying "Give me water", when you are thirsty.
Verbal Behavior- ANSWER The vocal, written, or gestural performances of a speaker
writer or communicator.
Back-Up Reinforcer - ANSWER Reinforcers received in exchange for tokens in a token
economy.
Ex. Toys, candy, or money, exchanging the tokens.
Token Economy - ANSWER Behaviors are reinforced by the presentation of tokens
which are later exchanged for Back-Up Reinforcers.
, Ex. A teacher in a classroom gives a happy face stickers, every time the students are on
task. Once they get 5 stickers, they can get a toy from the treasure box.
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcer - ANSWER Any event or stimulus that is associated
with/or exchangeable for many sources of unconditioned reinforcement.
Ex. Money.
Heterogeneous Chain - ANSWER The topography is different for each link.
Ex. Going to a restaurant - showering, getting dressed, leaving the house, driving there,
then sitting to eat.)
Homogeneous Chain - ANSWER The topography is similar or the same in every link of
the chain.
Ex. A bird pecking a key.
Chain Schedule - ANSWER two or more simple schedules where only the last schedule
in the chain is reinforced. The particular schedule in effect is signaled.
Ex. Going to the kitchen, getting a bowl, getting a spoon, pouring the cereal, pouring the
milk and eating.
Mixed Schedule - ANSWER Two or more simple schedules are presented one after the
other but does not have a unique S^D.
Conditioned Reinforcement - ANSWER Occurs when a behavior is strengthened by
events tat have an effect because of a conditioning history.
Ex. When students discover that obtaining tokens allows them to get more reinforcers,
tokens will reinforce behavior as reinforcers themselves.
Conditioned Reinforcer - ANSWER A stimulus that obtains reinforcing function because
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