Chapter 2 ABA Terms

Question 1

Topography:

Answer 1

The physical form or characteristics of the response.

Question 2

History of reinforcement:

Answer 2

The reinforcement contingencies that an organism has been exposed to during its lifetime.

Question 3

Respondent:

Answer 3

Refers to behavior that increases or decreases by the presentation of a conditioned stimulus (CS) that precedes the conditioned response (CR).

Question 4

Operant:

Answer 4

A behavior that operates on the environment to produce a change, effect, or consequence.

Question 5

Response class:

Answer 5

All the forms of the behavior that have a similar function.

Question 6

Stimulus class:

Answer 6

Stimuli that vary across physical dimensions but have a common effect on behavior.

Question 7

Environment:

Answer 7

All of the events and stimuli that affect the behavior of an organism.

Question 8

Context of behaviour:

Answer 8

All environment–behavior relationships are conditional— or depending on other circumstances.

Question 9

Independent variable:

Answer 9

The variable that is manipulated, changed, or controlled in an experiment.

Question 10

Dependent variable:

Answer 10

The variable that is measured in an experiment, a measure of the behavior of an organism.