Chapter 10 ABA Terms Flashcards
Chain schedule of reinforcement.
Two or more simple schedules, each of which is presented sequentially and signaled by a discriminative stimulus (SD). Only the final or terminal link of the chain results in primary reinforcement.
Concurrent-chain schedule.
Two or more chain schedules that are simultaneously available.
Conditioned reinforcement.
The presentation of a conditioned reinforcer and the subsequent increase in rate of the operant that produced it.
Conditioned reinforcer.
An event or stimulus that has acquired its effectiveness to increase operant rate on the basis of an organism’s life or ontogenetic history.
Generalized conditioned reinforcement.
A reinforcement procedure using a generalized conditioned reinforcer that may be exchanged for many other reinforcers and is relatively independent of momentary level of deprivation for any particular reinforcer.
Generalized conditioned reinforcer.
A conditioned reinforcer that is backed up by many other sources of reinforcement.
Generalized Social Reinforcement.
A generalized conditioned reinforcer that is also a social reinforcer increases or maintains operant behavior.
Mixed schedule of reinforcement.
Two or more basic schedules (CRF, FR, FI, VI, VR) presented sequentially in which each link ends with primary reinforcement (or in some cases extinction) and the component schedules are not signaled by discriminative stimuli.
Observing response.
A topographically different operant that functions to produce an SD or SΔ depending on whether reinforcement or extinction is in effect.
Second-order schedule.
Two (or more) schedules of reinforcement in which completion of the requirements of one schedule is reinforced according to the requirements of a second schedule.
Tandem schedule.
Two or more basic schedules (CRF, FR, FI, VI, VR) presented sequentially in which only the final link ends with primary reinforcement (or in some cases extinction) and the component schedules are not signaled by discriminative stimuli.
Token economy.
A reinforcement system based on token reinforcement; the contingencies specify when, and under what conditions, particular forms of behavior are reinforced. The tokens may be exchanged for goods and services
Unconditioned reinforcer.
A reinforcing stimulus that has acquired its properties as a function of species history.
