Section B Flashcards
- unlearned behavior that is elicited by an antecedent stimulus
- S-R, A-B
Respondent behavior
- natural selection in the history of the species
- refers to behaviors that required no prior learning
Phylogenic behavior
- pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus/ already conditioned stimulus
- neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus
Respondent conditioning
When a conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus until the conditioned stimulus no longer elicits the conditioned response
Respondent extinction
Gradually diminishing response strength by presenting the antecedent stimulus repeatedly over a short period of time
Habituation
- learned behavior that is evoked/emitted and requires contact with consequences
- S-R-S, A-B-C
Operant behavior
Selection by consequences during the lifetime of the individual
Ontogenic behavior
Automatic process where consequences affect future probability of the behavior
Operant conditioning
When reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued; as a result, the frequency of that behavior decreases in the future
Operant extinction
A behavior reduction after an antecedent is presented over and over again over a prolonged period of time
Adaptation
- a stimulus is added or presented
- there is an increase in the future frequency of behavior
Positive reinforcement
- a stimulus is removed
- there is an increase in the future frequency of behavior
Negative reinforcement
- a stimulus is added
- there is a decrease in future frequency of behavior
Positive punishment
- a stimulus is removed
- there is a decrease in future frequency of behavior
Negative punishment
- Ignoring the behavior
- often ineffective
Procedural extinction
- withholding the actual maintaining reinforcer
- preferred and more effective method
Functional extinction
- continued responding during the extinction procedure (how long before the behavior stops happening?)
- some behaviors are more resistant to extinction than others and may take longer before they decrease
Resistance to extinction
- the reoccurrence of a previously reinforced behavior when reinforcement for an alternative behavior is terminated or decreased
Resurgence
- the activity of living organisms
Behavior
- a single instance of occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior
Response
- a group of responses of varying topography, all of which produce the same effect on the environment; all have the same function
Response class
The full set of physical circumstances in which the organism exists (or everything around the organism)
Environment
An energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells
Stimulus
- a group of stimuli that share a predetermined set of common elements in one or more of these dimensions:
- formal, temporal, functional
Stimulus class