Behavior Analysis Course Flashcards

Verbal Behavior

• Verbal Operant: A unit of verbal behavior influenced by motivating operations and discriminative stimuli; aims to acquire reinforcement.
• Mands: The only verbal operant that serves the speaker directly, initiated by a motivating operation (MO) for something desired.

Communication Techniques

• Point-to-Point Correspondence: Exact match between stimulus and response, where response duplicates the stimulus completely.
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): Methods that facilitate communication without spoken language.
• Sign Language: A complete language system using hand signs, facial expressions, and body postures to convey messages.
• Formal Sign Language: Structured language complete with its own syntax and grammar.
• Pidgin Language: Language created by merging elements from multiple languages.
• Idiosyncratic Signing: Non-standardized sign form; lacks grammar and full language structure.

Training Techniques

• Motor Imitation Training: Reinforcement hierarchy from full physical prompts to models; facilitates skill acquisition through imitation.
• Reinforcement for Echoics: Praise and attention given for accurate echoic responses; shaping involves initial reinforcement of word approximations.

Prompting and Independence

• Prompt: Additional stimulus aiding in response initiation when natural stimuli fail to evoke the desired behavior.
• Prompt Fading: Gradual reduction of prompts to encourage learner independence and decrease reliance on specific cues.
• Prompt Dependence: When an individual continues to require prompts to perform previously mastered behaviors.
• Prompt Delay: Inserting a time gap between the stimulus and prompt, allowing learners extra time to respond independently.

Behavioral Concepts

• Response Effort: The difficulty level of completing a task, impacting the likelihood of performance.
• Stimulus Control: Behavior is triggered by the presence of a specific stimulus; does not occur in its absence.
• Stimulus Control Transfer: Process to systematically diminish prompts and reinforcement, aiming for independent stimulus control over behavior.
• Stimulus Fading: Gradual reduction in the prominence of a stimulus prompt to encourage more independent responses.

Additional Key Terms

• Salience: Refers to how noticeable or prominent a particular object or feature is, impacting attention and behavior.

Enhance your understanding of key concepts in Behavior Analysis with these flashcards. This quiz covers essential terms such as verbal operants and point-to-point correspondence, crucial for mastering the subject. Perfect for students in courses 9, 10, and 11.