Chapter 6 Key Terms
Acquisition- The Formation Of A New Conditioned Response Tendency
Antecedents- In Behavior Modification, Event That Typically Precede The Target Response
Avoidance Learning- Learning That Has Occurred When An Organism Engages In A Response That Prevents Aversive Stimulation From Occurring
Behavior Modification- A Systematic Approach To Changing Behavior Through The Application Of The Principle Of Conditioning
Behavioral Contract- A Written Agreement Outlining A Promise TO Adhere To The Contingencies Of A Behavior Modification Program
Classical Conditioning- A Type Of Learning In Which A Neutral Stimulus Acquires The Ability To Evoke A Response That Was Originally Evoked By Another Stimulus
Concurrent Schedules Of Treatment- Two Or More Reinforcement Schedules That Operate Simultaneously And Independently, Each For A Different Response
Conditioned Response- A Learned Reaction To A Conditioned Stimulus That Occurs Because of Previous Conditioning
Conditioned Stimulus- A Previously Neutral Stimulus That Has, Through Conditioning, Acquired The Capacity To Evooke A Conditioned Response
Continuous Reinforcement- Reinforcing Every Instance Of A Designated Response
Cumulative Recorder- A Graphic Record Of Reinforcement And Responding In A Skinner Box As A Function Of Time
Discriminative Stimuli- Cues That Influence Operant Behavior By Indicating The Probable Consequences (Reinforcemment Or Non-Reinforcement) Of A Response
Elicit- To Draw Our Or Bring Forth
Emit- To Send Forth
Escape Learning- A Type Of Learning In Which An Organism Acquires A Response That Decreases Or Ends Some Aversive Stimulation
Extinction- The Gradual Weakening And Disappearance Of A Conditioned Response Tendency
Fixed-interval Schedule- A Reinforcement Schedule In Which Reinforcer Is Given For The First Response That Occurs After A Fixed Time Interval Has