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PSY613

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Antecedent   A stimulus change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest.  
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Behavior   The activity of living organism  
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Consequence   A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest.  
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Determinism   The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in an accidental fashion.  
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Functional relation   A relation present when the value of one variable lawfully affects the value of another variable.  
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Generality   ABA produces behavior change that lasts over time, settings, situations, and individuals  
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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 the species.  
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Selection by Consequences   all forms of operant behavior are selected and maintained by their consequences during an individual’s lifetime  
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Contingency   Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between events  
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Environment   The total constellation of stimuli which can affect behavior  
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History of reinforcement   An inclusive term referring to a person’s learning experiences and past conditioning  
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Repertoire   All of the behaviors a person can do; a set of behaviors relevant to a particular setting or task.  
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Response   A single instance or occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior.  
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Response class   A group of responses that share formal or functional properties  
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Stimulus   An energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells  
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Stimulus class   A group of stimuli that share specified common elements along formal, temporal, and/or functional dimensions.  
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Topography   The physical form or shape of a behavior.  
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