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ABA503 - Chapter 1_ A Science of Behavior_ Perspective, History, and Assumptions
ABA503 - Chapter 1_ A Science of Behavior_ Perspective, History, and Assumptions
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ABA503 - Chapter 1: A Science of Behavior:Perspective, History, and Assumptions
refers to the acquisition, maintenance, and change of an organism's behavior as a result of
lifetime events - ANS-learning
everything an organism does, including private and covert actions like thinking and feeling -
ANS-behavior
a natural-science approach to understanding behavior regulation. it is concerned with controlling
and changing the factors that affect the behavior of humans and other animals -
ANS-experimental analysis of behavior
an increase in the rate of operant behavior as a function of its consequences. it also refers to
the procedure of presenting a reinforcing event when a response occurs - ANS-reinforcement
a comprehensive natural-science approach to the study of the behavior of organisms -
ANS-behavior analysis
the use of behavior principles to solve practical problems - ANS-applied behavior analysis
the relationship when an unconditioned stimulus elicits and unconditioned response (US --> UR)
- ANS-reflex
behavior that increases or decreases by the presentation of a conditioned stimulus (CS) that
precedes a conditioned response (CR) - ANS-respondent
occurs when a neutral or otherwise meaningless stimulus is paired with an unconditioned
stimulus. example: the buzz of a bee (neutral) paired with a painful sting (unconditioned
stimulus) - ANS-respondent conditioning
involves the regulation of behavior by its consequences - ANS-operant conditioning
any behavior that operates on the environment to produce an effect - ANS-operant
applies at 3 levels: (1) the selection over generations for genes related to survival and
reproduction, (2) the selection for behavior within the lifetime of an individual organism, (3) the
selection for behavior patterns of groups of human beings that endure beyond the lifetime of a
single individual. all 3 have consequences for or against the frequency of them continuing -
ANS-selection by consequences
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