Setting events
An internal or external antecedent event or condition (e.g., motivating operation) that has an influence on the occurrence of a specific behavior.
B.16 Identify examples of motivating operations.
Surrogate MO (CMO-S)
A type of conditioned motivating operation that is established when a previously neutral stimulus acquires its evocative and value-altering effect by having been paired with an unconditioned motivating operation.
Transitive MO (CMO-T)
A type of conditioned motivating operation that is established when an environmental variable establishes another event as a reinforcer or punisher, meaning that a deprived item can only be acquired
Unconditioned motivating operation
States of satiation and deprivation in the presence of events, operations, and stimulus conditions that a person needs or values inherently without training.
Value-altering effect
An effect of motivating operations that causes an in-the-moment increase or decrease in the current reinforcing effectiveness of a specific stimulus.