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… Read more
Transitive MO (CMO-T) Read More
States of satiation and deprivation in the presence of events, operations, and stimulus conditions that a person needs or values inherently without training.
Unconditioned motivating operation Read More
A stimulus change that decreases the frequency of any behavior immediately preceding it regardless of the organism’s learning history with that stimulus.
A stimulus change that can increase the future frequency of behavior without any learning history or prior pairing with any other form of reinforcement.
An unlearned, automatic response (reflex) that is elicited by an unconditioned stimulus.
A stimulus that elicits an automatic response without any prior learning
These are the naturally occurring models that exist in a person’s daily life and community settings that evoke imitative behaviors.
An effect of motivating operations that causes an in-the-moment increase or decrease in the current reinforcing effectiveness of a specific stimulus.
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A basic schedule of intermittent reinforcement in which a variable amount of time must elapse before a single correct response produces reinforcement.
A basic schedule of intermittent reinforcement in which a variable number of correct responses must be emitted for reinforcement to be delivered.
An application of applied behavior analysis that approaches learning language in a way that connects vocal and non-vocal language with its function.