Antecedent - ANSWER A STIMULUS IN THE ENVIRONMENT THE PRODUCES
BEHAVIOR IN AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM
AUTOMATIC REINFORCEMENT - ANSWER Reinforcement that occurs
independent of the social mediation of others (e.g., scratching an insect bite
relieves the itch).
automaticity of reinforcement - ANSWER behavior is modified by its
consequences irrespective of the person's awareness. Person doesn't have to
know that a consequence has occurred.
AVERSIVE STIMULUS - ANSWER an event that an organism will avoid
BEHAVIOR - ANSWER observable actions of ANY INDIVIDUAL LIVING
ORGANISM
BEHAVIOR CHANGE TACTIC - ANSWER a research-based, technologically
consistent method for changing behavior that has been derived from one or
more basic principles of behavior and that possesses sufficient generality
across subjects, settings and/or behaviors to warrant its codification and
dissemination
CONDITIONED PUNISHER - ANSWER A previously neutral stimulus change
that functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other
punishers.
, conditioned reflex - ANSWER A learned stimulus-response functional relation
consisting of an antecedent stimulus (e.g. sound of refrigerator door
opening) and the response it elicits (e.g salivation); each person's repertoire
of conditioned reflexes is the product of his or her history of interactions
with the environment (ontogeny).
CONDITIONED REINFORCER - ANSWER A stimulus or event that has acquired
reinforcing value by being associated with a primary reinforcer; also called a
secondary reinforcer.
conditioned stimulus (CS) - ANSWER in classical conditioning, an originally
irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus
(US), comes to trigger a conditioned response.
CONSEQUENCE - ANSWER WHATEVER EVENT THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS
A BEHAVIOR
CONTINGENCY - ANSWER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO EVENTS, ONE
BEING "CONTINGENT" OR A CONSEQUENCE OF THE OTHER EVENT. ABA
SEES ALL BEHAVIOR AS A RESPONSE TO AN ANTECEDENT AND DRIVEN BY
THE CONSEQUENCES.
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