Unit 1 Flashcards
(42 cards)
everything that an organism does
behavior
Movement of an organism or its parts
behavior
the interaction of the muscles and glands of a live organism and the environment
behavior
If a dead person can “do” it, it is
NOT behavior
dead person’s test
a specific instance of behavior
response
beginning, middle, and end of a response
response cycle
Physical nature of responses
topography
exact form, or shape of the
response, the appearance of the
response, the force involved, and
actual movements involved
topography
A property closely
associated with topography
magnitude
A group of two or more
responses which share a
common form
Topographical Response Class
TRC
Effect of a response on
environment
function
Two or more
(topographically different)
responses that have same effect on environment, producing
specific class of reinforcers
Functional Response Class (FRC)
- Attention-getting Bx
- Food-getting Bx
- Task-Escape Bx
Functional Response Class (FRC)
The effects/results of a response
Function
Configuration, form, or shape of
response
Topography
Behavior observed by others
Public Behavior
Behavior that cannot be observed by
others; only accessible to
the organism
Private Events (behavior)
Fundamental quality of a phenomenon
Fundamental Property
A dimensional quantity is a
quantifiable aspect of a
property. How measured!
Dimensional quantity
A single response occurs in time, in relation to preceding stimulus or event
temporal locus
time between stimulus and response
Latency
a response occupies time
Temporal extent
amount of time between
beginning and end of
response cycle
duration
response can reoccur
Repeatability