Behavior Mod exam 2

Question 1

What are antecedent stimuli?

Answer 1

The event the precedes the occurrence of an operant response

Question 2

Defined as the increased probability that a behavior will occur only in the presence of a specific antecedent stimulus from a specific stimulus class

Answer 2

Stimulus Control

Question 3

Defined as the antecedent stimulus that is present when a behavior is reinforced

Answer 3

S(D) (discriminative stimulus)

Question 4

Defined as any stimulus that is present when the behavior does not get reinforced.`

Answer 4

S-delta

Question 5

When does stimulus generalization occur?

Answer 5

When a behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli that are similar in some ways to the SD that was present during stimulus discrimination training.

Question 6

A type of stimulus which elicits a response with no prior learning or conditioning.

Answer 6

Unconditioned Stimulus (US)

Question 7

A response which is elicited by an antecedent stimulus (a US) even though no conditioning has taken place. It is a natural reflexive action of the body that occurs when a US is present.

Answer 7

Unconditioned Response (UR)

Question 8

When a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS) by being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (the neutral stimulus and US are presented together). What is this process called?

Answer 8

Respondent Conditioning

Question 9

How does Respondent extinction happen?

Answer 9

The CS is repeatedly present without presenting the US until the CS no longer elicits the CR

Question 10

When the CS elicits the CR sometime later after extinction has taken place that is…

Answer 10

spontaneous recovery

Question 11

Defined as the differential reinforcement of successive approximation of a target behavior until the target behavior is exhibited by the individual.

Answer 11

Shaping

Question 12

An antecedent stimulus that evokes a response. It is used to increase the likelihood that an individual will engage in the correct behavior at the correct time used during discrimination training.

Answer 12

A prompt

Question 13

When the verbal behavior of another person results in the correct response in the presence of the SD.

Answer 13

Verbal prompt

Question 14

any physical movement or gesture of another person that leads to the correct behavior in the presence of the SD
.

Answer 14

Gesutral prompt

Question 15

any demonstration of the correct behavior by another person that makes it more likely that the correct behavior will occur at the right time.

Answer 15

Modeling prompt

Question 16

When another person physically assists the individual to engage in the correct behavior at the right time.

Answer 16

physical prompt

Question 17

involves some change in a stimulus or the addition or removal of a stimulus to make a correct
response more likely

Answer 17

A stimulus prompt

Question 18

A type of stimulus prompt where the SD is altered.

Answer 18

Within-stimulus prompt

Question 19

A type of stimulus prompt where another stimulus or cue as added to the SD.

Answer 19

Extra-stimulus prompt

Question 20

defined as providing the least intrusive

prompt first and using more intrusive prompts only as necessary to get the correct behavior to occur.

Answer 20

Least-to-most-prompting

Question 21

, the most intrusive prompt is used first and is then faded to less intrusive prompts.

Answer 21

most-to-least prompting

Question 22

What is a stimulus response chain/ behavioral chain?

Answer 22

A method of training that consists of a number of stimulus-response components that occur together in a sequence.