lecture 4

Question 1

When a response is followed immediately by a stimulus change that decreases the future frequency of similar responses

Answer 1

Punishment

Question 2

The addition of a stimulus after a behaviour that results in a decrease in the probability of that behaviour occurring again under similar circumstances.

Answer 2

Positive punishment

Question 3

The removal of a stimulus after a behaviour that results in a decrease in the probability of that behaviour occurring again under similar circumstances.

Answer 3

Negative punishment

Question 4

A stimulus whose presentation functions as punishment without having been paired with any other punishers

Answer 4

Unconditioned punishers

Question 5

A stimulus change that functions as punishment as a result of a persons conditioning history

Answer 5

Conditioned punishers

Question 6

The discontinuing of a reinforcement of a previously reinforced behaviour

Answer 6

Extinction

Question 7

An increase in the frequency of responding when an extinction procedure is initially implemented.

Answer 7

Extinction burst

Question 8

Following extinction a behaviour suddenly begins to occur after its frequency has decreased to its prereinforcement level or stopped entirely.

Answer 8

Spontaneous recovery

Question 9

A collection of responses that share a common form

Answer 9

Topographical

Question 10

A collection of responses that share common functional relations with classes of antecedents and consequence stimuli

Answer 10

Fucntional