Day 1

Question 0

The don’t say rule

Answer 0

With nonverbal organisms, don't say:
Expects
Knows
Thinks
Figures out
In order to (or so that he/ she could)
Trying to
Makes the connection
Associates 
Learns that
Imagines
Understands

With any organism, don’t say:
Wants

Question 1

Reinforcer (positive reinforcer)

Answer 1

A stimulus that increases the frequency of a response it follows

Question 2

Dead-man test

Answer 2

If a dead man can do it, it probably isn’t a behavior

Question 3

Check the presumed reinforcer first

Answer 3

Before spending much time trying to reinforce behavior, make sure you have a true reinforcer

Question 4

The error of reification

Answer 4

To call a behavior or process a thing

Question 5

Medical model myth

Answer 5

An erroneous view of human behavior that behavior is always a mere symptom of an underlying psychological condition

Question 6

Reinforce behavior

Answer 6

Reinforce behavior, not people

Question 7

Baseline

Answer 7

The phase of an experiment or intervention where the behavior is measured in the absence of an intervention

Question 8

Aversive stimulus (negative reinforcer)

Answer 8

A stimulus that increases the future frequency of a response. Its removal (termination) follows

Question 9

Escape contingency

Answer 9

The response-contingent removal of an aversive stimulus resulting in a increased frequency of that response

Question 10

Repertoire

Answer 10

A set of skills

Question 11

Behavior analysis

Answer 11

The study of the principles of behavior

Question 12

Reinforcement contingency

Answer 12

The response-contingent presentation of a reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response

Question 13

Be concrete

Answer 13

Always pinpoint specific behaviors when you deal with a behavioral (psychological) problem

Question 14

Behavior

Answer 14

A muscle, glandular, or neuroelectrical activity

Question 15

Behavioral contingency

Answer 15

The occasion for a response, the response, and the outcome of the response