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behav modif
exam chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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Concept: baseline | The phase of an experiment or intervention where the behavior is measured in the absence of an intervention. |
Concept: medical model myth | z An erroneous view of human behavior that behavior is always a mere symptom of an underlying psychological condition. |
Concept: behavioral contingency | z The occasion for a response, the response, and the outcome of the response. |
Concept: reinforcement contingency | z The response-contingent presentation of a reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response. |
General Rule: the don't say rule | z With nonverbal organisms, don't say, expects, knows, thinks, figures out, in order to (or so that he, she, or it could ...), trying to, makes the connection, associates, learns that, imagines, or understands. |
Concept: the error of reification | z To call a behavior or process a thing. |
General Rule: reinforce behavior | z Reinforce behavior, not people. |
Concept: escape contingency | z The response-contingent removal of an aversive stimulus resulting in an increased frequency of that response. |
Concept: aversive stimulus (negative reinforcer) | z A stimulus that increases the future frequency of a response its removal (termination) follows. |