Behaviour assessment
An assessment made by observing a persons overt behaviour
Behaviour modification or behaviour therapy
A therapeutic approach in which conditioning processes are used to change behaviour
Classical conditioning
The pairing of a neutral stimulus with an unconditional stimulus
Conditioned or conditional stimulus
A neutral stimulus that is paired with a us to become conditioned
Conditioned or conditional response
A response to the cs that’s acquired by classical conditioning
Contingency management
Programs in which reinforcements is increased for desired behaviours and withheld after undesired behaviours
Continuous reinforcement
A schedule in which reinforcement follows each instance of behaviour
Coping model
A model that displays fear but ultimately handles it
Counter conditioning
The linking of an emotion to a stimulus that differs from the emotion of the stimulus now causes
Discrimination
Responding in a different manner to a different stimuli
Discriminative stimulus
The cue that controls the occurrence of behaviour
Efficacy expectancy
Confidence of beig able to do something successfully
Emotional conditioning
Classical conditioning in which the cr is an emotional reaction
Exposure treatment
Treatments in which people stay focused on the distressing topic until well after their anxiety reaction dissipates
Extinction
Classical conditioning , the reduction of a cr by repeating the cd without the us
Generalization
Responding in a similar manner to somewhat different stimuli
Habit hierarchy
Ordering of a persons potential responses by their likelihood
High order conditioning
An event in which a former cs now acts as a us in a new stance of conditioning
Instrumental or operant conditioning
Conditioning in which a behaviour comes more likely because it’s followed by a desirable event or less likely bc it’s followed by an undesirable event
Mastery model
Model that displays no fear
Negative reinforcement
Removal of an aversive stimulus
Observable learning
Acquiring the ability to do a new behaviour by watching someone else do it
Outcome expectancy
Judgement about how likely a specific behaviour is to attain a goal
Partial reinforcement
A schedule in which the behaviour is reinforced less often than every time it occurs
Participant modelling
The act of practicing a behaviour that’s hard for you while using the therapist as a model
Phobia
An in appropriately intense fear of some specific class of stimuli
Physiological assessment
The measuring of physiological aspect of emotional reactions
Positive reinforcement
A reinforcement involving the addition of a desired stimuli
Punisher
An undesired event that makes the behaviour that came before it less likely to occur again
Reflex
An event in which a stimulus produces an automatic response
Reinforcer
An event that makes the behaviour that came before it more likely to occur again
Self control
The regulation and sometimes restraint of ones own activities
Self reinforcement
The approval you give yourself for your own behaviour
Skill deficit
The absence or insufficiency of a a needed behaviour or skill
Social reinforcement
Praise liking acceptance or approval received from someone else
Symbolic models
Models in print tv
Systematic desensitization
A therapeutic procedure intended to extinguish fear
Time out
A punishment In which a child is temporarily removed from an enjoyable activity
Unconditional response ur
A reflexive response to an unconditioned stimulus
UnconditionAl stimulus
A stimulus that causes a reflexive response
Vicarious classical conditioning
Conditioning in which the unconditioned response occurs via empathy
Vicarious emotional arousal
The tendency to feel someone else’s feelings along with him or her also called empathy
Vicarious reinforcement
An event I which a reinforcement experienced by someone else has a reinforcing effect on your own behaviour