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Safmeds Set 2
Chapter 7 Words
Question | Answer |
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The contingent presentation of a stimulus immediately following a response, which increases the future rate and/or probability of the response. Written as SR+ | Positive Reinforcement |
Allowing students to come in contact with potential reinforcers | Reinforcer Sampling |
Stimuli (such as food) that may have biological importance to an individual; such stimuli are innately motivating | Primary Reinforcer |
A condition that occurs when there no longer is a state of deprivation | Satition |
A condition in which the student has not had access to a potential reinforcer | Deprivation State |
A category of secondary reinforcers that includes facial expressions, proximity, contact, privileges, words, and phrases | Social Reinforcers |
A stimulus that has acquired a reinforcing function through pairing with an unconditioned or natural reinforcer; includes most social, activity, and generalized reinforcers | Conditioned Reinforcers |
Simultaneous presentation of primary and secondary reinforcers to condition the secondary reinforcer. Once the associatn. has been established, the secondary reinforcer takes over the reinforcing function, and the primary reinforcer is no longer necessary | Pairing |
A principle stating that any high-probability activity may serve as a positive reinforcer for any low-probability activity (eat all your vegetables before you get dessert) | Premack Principle |
Placing contingencies for reinforcement (if…, then statements) into a written document. This creates a permanent product that can be referred to by teacher and student | Contracting |