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What is the number #1 principle used in most behavior change procedures?
What is the number #1 principle used in most behavior change procedures?
- Reinforcement (correct)
- Punishment
- Extinction
- Observation
What two ways can reinforcement occur?
What two ways can reinforcement occur?
As an organic process that is defined by an observed increase in behavior, after that behavior is followed by a specific consequence = A procedure of applying a specific occurrence to deliberately increase the occurrence of the target behavior
What can reinforcement (SR) do?
What can reinforcement (SR) do?
- Makes antecedent stimulus conditions relevant (correct)
- Changes what comes after behavior (i.e consequence) and what comes before behavior (i.e antecedents) (correct)
- Creates stimulus control, making responding in the presence of the Sd more likely (and not in the presence of the Sdelta) (correct)
- Makes consequence stimulus conditions relevant
What is a discriminated operant?
What is a discriminated operant?
What other things does reinforcement strengthen other than rate?
What other things does reinforcement strengthen other than rate?
Is reinforcement a circular concept?
Is reinforcement a circular concept?
The immediacy of a reinforcer is critical (temporal relation) because
The immediacy of a reinforcer is critical (temporal relation) because
Can reinforcement affect the topography of a behavior?
Can reinforcement affect the topography of a behavior?
What are conditions that provide strong indicators that behavior is the result of instructional control or is rule-governed behavior?
What are conditions that provide strong indicators that behavior is the result of instructional control or is rule-governed behavior?