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ABA

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Behavior   that portion of that organism’s interaction with its environment that is characterized by detectable displacement of space through time of some part of the organism and that results in a measurable change in the environment  
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Response   A single instance or occurrence of a specific type of behavior  
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Response Class   A group of responses of varying topography all of which produce the same effect on the environment  
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Repertoire   all of the behaviors a person can do; or a set of behaviors relevant to a particular setting or task  
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Environment   the conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or references part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the absence of environment  
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Stimulus Class   A group of stimuli that share specific common elements along formal (size, shape, color), temporal (antecedent or consequence), and/or functional dimensions  
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Antecedent   an environmental condition or stimulus change existing or occuring prior to the behavior of interest  
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Consequence   A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest  
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Reflex   A S-R relation consisting of an antecedent stimulus and the respondent behavior it elicits. Unconditioned and conditioned __________ protect against harmful stimuli, help regulate the internal balance of the organism, and promote reproduction  
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Respondent Behavior   the response component of a reflex; behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli  
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Respondent Conditioning   A stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure in which a NS is presented with an US until the NS becomes a CS and elicits a CR  
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Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing   A procedure in which 2 stimuli are presented at the same time (usually repeated for a number of trials) which often results in one stimulus acquiring the function of another stimulus  
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Unconditioned Stimulus   the stimulus component of an unconditioned reflex; a stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior without prior learning  
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Neutral Stimulus   A stimulus changes that does not elicit respondent behavior  
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Conditioned Stimulus   the stimulus component of a conditioned reflex; a formerly neutral stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior only after it has been paired with a US or another CS  
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Conditioned Reflex   A learned stimulus-response functional relations consisting of an antecedent stimulus and the response it elicits; each person’s repertoire of __________ is the product of his/her own history of interactions with the environment  
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Respondent Extinction   the repeated presentation of a CS in the absence of the US  
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Higher Order Conditioning   development of a conditioned reflex by pairing of a NS with a CS  
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Operant Behavior   behavior that is selected, maintained, and brought under stimulus control as a function of its consequences; each person’s repertoire of operant behavior is a product of his history of interactions with the environment (ontogeny)  
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Selection by Consequences   the fundamental principle underlying operant conditioning; all forms of operant behavior are selected, shaped and maintained by their consequences during an individual’s lifetime (ontogeny)  
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Ontogeny   the history of the development of an individual organism during its lifetime  
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Phylogeny   the history of the natural evolution of a species  
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Operant Conditioning   the basic process by which operant learning occurs; consequences result in an increased or decreased frequency of the same type of behavior under similar motivational and environmental conditions in the future  
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Reinforcer   A stimulus change that increases the future frequency of behavior that immediately precedes it  
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Punisher   A stimulus change that decreases the future frequency of behavior that immediately precedes it  
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Automaticity of Reinforcement   __________ refers to the fact that behavior is modified by its consequences irrespective of the person’s awareness  
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Reinforcement   __________ occurs when a stimulus change immediately follows a response and increases the future frequency of that type of behavior in similar conditions  
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Positive Reinforcement   __________ occurs when a behavior is followed immediately by the presentation of a stimulus that increases the future frequency of the behavior in similar conditions  
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Negative Reinforcement   __________ occurs when a behavior is followed immediately by the removal of a stimulus that increases the future frequency of the behavior in similar conditions  
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Aversive Stimulus   an unpleasant or noxious stimulus  
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Extinction   the discontinuing of reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior  
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Punishment   __________ occurs when a stimulus change immediately follows a response and decreases the future frequency of that type of response in similar conditions  
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Unconditioned Reinforcer   A stimulus change that increases the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it irrespective of the organism’s learning history with the stimulus  
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MO   an environmental variable that a) alters the reinforcing/punishing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event; b) alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced/punished by that stimulus, object, or event  
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Deprivation   the state of an organism with respect to how much time has elapsed since it has consumed or contacted a particular type of reinforcer  
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Satiation   A decrease in the frequency of operant behavior presumed to be the result of continued contact with or consumption of a reinforcer that has followed the behavior  
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Unconditioned Punisher   A stimulus change that decreases the future frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it irrespective of the organism’s learning history with the stimulus  
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Conditioned Reinforcer   A stimulus change that functions as a reinforcer because of prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers  
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Conditioned Punisher   A previously neutral stimulus changes that functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one ore more other punishers  
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Discriminated Operant   an operant that occurs more frequently under some antecedent conditions than under others  
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Stimulus Control   A stimulus in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus  
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Discriminative Stimulus   A stimulus in the presence of which certain responses have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same responses have not been reinforced  
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3-Term Contingency   the basic unit of analysis in the analysis of operant behavior; includes the temporal and possible dependent relations among an Antecedent stimulus – Behavior – Consequence  
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Contingency   refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior and controlling variables  
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Contingent   describes reinforcement that is delivered only after the target behavior has occurs  
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History of Reinforcement   all of a person’s learning experiences; past conditioning with respect to particular response classes or aspects of a person’s repertoire (ontogeny)  
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Stimulus   an energy that effects an organism through its receptor cells  
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Habituation   A decrease in responsiveness to repeated presentations or a stimulus; a reduction of respondent behavior as a function of repeated presentations of the electing stimulus over a short span of time  
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Principle of Behavior   A statement describing a functional relation between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables with generality across organisms, species, settings, behaviors, and time (e.g., reinforcement, punishment, and extinction)  
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Behavior Change Tactic   A technologically consistent method of changing behavior derived from one or more principles of behavior (e.g., DRO, shaping, chaining, response cost, and time-out); constitutes the technological aspect of ABA  
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Forward Pairing   the NS is presented immediately before or simultaneously with the US (most effective)  
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Backward Pairing   the US is presented before the NS (not as effective)  
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