ABA503 - Chapter 6: Aversive Control of Behavior
an event or stimulus that an organism escapes or avoids - ANS-aversive stimulus
when operant behavior increases by preventing the onset of the event or stimulus -
ANS-avoidance
an aversive stimulus based on a history of conditioning - ANS-conditioned aversive stimulus
(S^ave)
avoidance behavior that is emitted to a warning stimulus - ANS-discriminated avoidance
when operant behavior increases by removing an ongoing event or stimulus - ANS-escape
when an animal gives up and stops attempting to avoid or escape an inescapable and severe
aversive stimulation - ANS-learned helplessness
removal of a stimulus immediately following a response that results in a decrease in the future
rate or probability of that response - ANS-negative punishment
removal or prevention of a stimulus immediately following a response that results in an increase
in the future rate or probability of that response - ANS-negative reinforcement
any event or stimulus that increases the probability of an operant that removes or prevents it -
ANS-negative reinforcer
a procedure used to train avoidance responding in which no warning stimulus is presented -
ANS-sidman avoidance or non-discriminated avoidance
presentation of a stimulus immediately following a response that results in a decrease in the
future rate or probability of that response - ANS-positive punishment
an aversive stimulus that has acquired its properties as a function of species history -
ANS-primary aversive stimulus
a stimulus that decreases the frequency of an operant that produces it - ANS-punisher
a stimulus change immediately following a response that results in a decrease in the future rate
or probability of that response - ANS-punishment
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