Principles words

Question 1

Automatic reinforcement

Answer 1

reinforcement that is produced automatically by a response

Question 2

Unconditioned reinforcer

Answer 2

a stimulus that is reinforcing in the absence of any prior learning history

Question 3

Conditioned reinforcer

Answer 3

A stimulus that initially has no reinforcing properties but, through occurring simultaneously with unconditioned or strongly conditioned reinforcers, acquires reinforcing properties.

Question 4

Generalised conditioned reinforcer

Answer 4

a conditioned reinforcer that is linked to many other sources of reinforcement – money is a good example of this.

Question 5

Behaviour

Answer 5

any directly measureable thing that an organism does

Question 6

Topography

Answer 6

the physical form or characteristic of a response

Question 7

Environment

Answer 7

all the events and stimuli that affect the behaviour of an organism

Question 8

Antecedents

Answer 8

environmental events or stimuli that occur immediately before a response

Question 9

Consequences

Answer 9

environmental events of stimuli that occur immediately after a response

Question 10

Mentalism

Answer 10

An approach to explaining behaviour that assumes that a mental or inner dimension exists that differs from a behavioural dimension

Question 11

Response

Answer 11

a specific instance of behaviour

Question 12

Stimuli/stimulus

Answer 12

an event/object in the environment

Question 13

Stimulus class

Answer 13

set of stimuli that evoke the same operant response