Respondent conditioning
What occurs when an unconditioned stimulus (US) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (NS), causing the neutral stimulus to become a conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicits the reflexive behavior… Read more
B. Concepts and Principles
Respondent extinction
When a previously neutral stimulus that was paired with an unconditioned stimulus to become a conditioned stimulus that elicits a conditioned response is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus, and
Response
A single instance of behavior, which is the measurable unit of analysis in the science of behavior analysis.
Response class
A group of behaviors with differing topographies that have the same function and serve the same purpose.
Response generalization
The extent to which a client exhibits novel behaviors that are functionally equivalent to a trained target response in the presence of specific antecedent stimuli (SDs).
Rule-governed behavior
A verbal description of a behavioral contingency in which behavior comes under the control of consequences that are too delayed to influence behavior directly.
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.
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Socially mediated contingency
When an individual’s access to reinforcement is mediated or controlled by other people.
Stimulus class
A group of stimuli that share a common function, topography, or temporal relation and have a common effect on a response class (behavior). Hint: Think of the stimulus class as
Stimulus control
When a learned behavior occurs in the presence of the SD and doesn’t occur in the absence of the SD or in the presence of other stimuli (SΔ).
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Stimulus delta (SΔ)
A stimulus in the presence of which a given behavior has not produced reinforcement in the past or produces less reinforcement or lesser value reinforcement than when it occurs in