Abative effect
A type of behavior-altering effect that causes an in-the-moment decrease in the current frequency of behavior that’s been reinforced by a specific stimulus.
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Abolishing operation
A type of motivating operation that is the product of satiation that, at that moment, decreases the effectiveness of the stimulus as a reinforcer as well as the current frequency
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Arbitrary stimulus class
A group of stimuli that do not share any common topographies but evoke the same response.
Autoclitic
A secondary verbal operant that modifies one’s own verbal behavior to attain a response from the listener and increases the chances that the listener will respond as intended by the
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Autoclitic mand
A secondary verbal operant that modifies one’s own primary verbal behavior and is controlled by an MO in that it commands the listener to take some sort of action.
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Autoclitic tact
A secondary verbal operant that modifies one’s own primary verbal behavior and is controlled by some nonverbal aspect of the main response.
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Automatic punishment
Punishment that occurs without the social mediation of others and is mediated by the self or environmental (internal or external) variables.
Automatic reinforcement
Reinforcement that occurs without the social mediation of others and is mediated by the self or environmental (internal or external) variables.
Automatic reinforcement extinction
A process where the maintaining automatic reinforcer no longer follows a specific behavior, resulting in that behavior decreasing and eventually ceasing.
Automaticity of reinforcement and punishment
The phenomenon that behavior is modified by consequences, even if a person is unaware of the contingency.
Behavior
A large class of responses that share physical dimensions and functions and are the observable actions of a person (what they say or do), as well as their private events,