Behavior Analysis Concepts Quiz

Instructed behavior or behavior which conforms to a previously learned (verbal) rule.

A discriminative stimulus that suppresses instrumental responding because it signals that reinforcement is not available.

<p>Repeated presentation of a stimulus can reduce its efficacy as a reinforcer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gradually increasing the requirements to earn a reinforcer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A discriminative stimulus that evokes instrumental behavior because it signals the availability of reinforcement for a target response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abnormal behaviors that are harmful to oneself, such as head-banging or scratching or biting oneself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Foregoing an immediate, small reward for a larger, more delayed reward.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abnormal, repetitive behaviors that interfere with the individual's ability to pay attention or participate in meaningful activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A basic single-subject design</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Excessive behaviors occurring between trials or between reinforcers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Practical, behavioral methods of assessment and analysis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A positively reinforcing stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of basic behavior principles to analyze and solve practical problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A procedure that pairs inappropriate behaviors with aversive stimuli.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A noxious or unpleasant stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Training the last behavior in a chain first, then introducing preceding behaviors gradually.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The base rate of behavior before intervention.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A comprehensive experimental approach to studying behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Teaching a new behavior maintained through natural reinforcement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health-related activities like patient compliance and exercise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The full set of behaviors that an organism exhibits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that some relationships are more easily learned due to evolutionary history.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A design where the rate of a target response is progressively changed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A neutral stimulus elicits a conditioned response through pairing with an unconditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stimulus composed of several components.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More than one contingency of reinforcement in effect at the same time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suppression of a positively reinforced operant response by an aversive conditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stimulus that has acquired reinforcing properties through association.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A training system focusing on skill-building for appropriate behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The biological and experiential history of the organism with contextual stimuli during conditioning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unwanted behavior occurs frequently because it is negatively reinforced.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Operant behavior directly under the control of contingencies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reinforcement schedule where every response is reinforced.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A training method focusing on the correlation between verbal and actual behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What is measured in an experiment, typically the behavior of the subject.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Restricting or limiting access to a reinforcing event or stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcement for rates of responding above a specified criterion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcement for behaviors incompatible with the target response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcement for rates of responding below a specified criterion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcement for behaviors other than the target response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Teaching a specific task through repeated presentations across trials.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stimulus control where subjects respond differently to stimuli with few common features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Irrelevant behavior arising from interrupted consummatory behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repeating spoken language without normal verbal behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A procedure using brief, low-intensity stimuli to avoid incorrect responses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A change in the environment that alters the effectiveness of a stimulus as a reinforcer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A single-subject method breaking down environment-behavior relations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reduction in frequency of an operant response when no longer followed by a reinforcer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid bursts of target responses when extinction is first applied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcers arranged artificially by an external party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gradual increase or decrease in stimulus intensity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gradual set of feared objects or activities constructed by a client and therapist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Presentation of feared stimuli at full strength with no escape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using a changing criterion design to increase speed and accuracy of behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Training the first behavior in a chain first, then introducing subsequent behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thorough analysis of pretreatment behavior concerning antecedents and consequences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of conditioned reinforcer backed by multiple primary reinforcers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Engaging a subject in incompatible responses to eliminate unwanted behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decrease in responsiveness due to repeated stimulation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nonobservable events presumed to explain behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using imaginal activities as part of the fear hierarchy treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Engaging in actual feared responses or activities to treat phobias.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What is manipulated by the experimenter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reinforcement schedule where responding is reinforced only some of the time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The interval between successive responses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The time elapsed between two successive trials in an experiment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcers that are the natural outcome of the target behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A college teaching method based on operant conditioning principles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that the effects of actions determine their repetition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Interference with the learning of a new instrumental response due to unavoidable aversive stimulation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A relatively enduring change in behavior resulting from interaction with the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A graph showing how behavior changes during an experiment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Placement of students with disabilities in regular classes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A behavioral program for teaching breast self-examination techniques.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A research design applying the same reinforcement procedure to several operants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A research design applying reinforcement in one setting while withholding it in others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A research design where reinforcement is introduced across different individuals exhibiting similar behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behavior increases due to the termination of an aversive event.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A learning curve where performance increases at a slower rate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A learning curve where performance decreases at a slower rate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gradual changes in an observer's likelihood of identifying a behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process where antecedent stimuli occasion a target response due to pairing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Requiring subjects to engage in appropriate behaviors repeatedly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Greater persistence in responding during extinction after partial reinforcement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Refraining from action to minimize contact with an aversive stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A written statement describing target behavior and outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Teaching central behaviors leading to improvements in multiple areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behavior increases from the presentation of an appetitive stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A learning curve where performance increases at a faster rate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A learning curve where performance decreases at a faster rate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The opportunity to perform a preferred response contingent upon the target response increases its likelihood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behavior only accessible to the individual who emits it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Explicit training of a stimulus to increase the probability of a response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stimulus whose availability following a response increases the likelihood of that response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physically intervening to prevent the completion of a response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of responses where each response cues the next.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A class of related behaviors producing similar consequences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behavior decreases due to removal of an appetitive stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The time between stimulus presentation and the subject's response.</p> Signup and view all the answers