Generalized conditioned punisher (GCSP)
A type of conditioned punisher that has been paired with many unconditioned and conditioned punishers. Hint: The thing about a frown is that it’s been paired with a lot of… Read more
B. Concepts and Principles
Generalized conditioned reinforcer (GCSR)
A type of conditioned reinforcer that has been paired with many unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers.
Generative performance
The development of skills that were not directly trained, following the acquisition of skills that were directly trained.
Habituation
When an unconditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly over a short period of time, the strength of the respondent behavior diminishes.
Impure mand
A mand response that has multiple sources of antecedent control (e.g., an MO and a verbal SD, or an MO, a nonverbal SD, and a verbal SD, etc.).
Impure tact
A tact response that has multiple sources of antecedent control (e.g., a verbal and nonverbal SD, etc.).
Intermittent reinforcement
A reinforcement schedule during which only some instances of a behavior are reinforced.
Intraverbal
An elementary verbal operant in which a speaker differentially responds to the verbal behavior of others that has a history of generalized conditioned reinforcement.
6th Edition TCO
Intraverbal bidirectional naming (I-BiN)
Intraverbal relations that emerge from one previously acquired tact, intraverbal, listener response, direct observations, and combinations of verbal behaviors (e.g., when asked, “What do you sleep in?” the client responds,
Lag schedule of reinforcement
A variation of basic intermittent schedules of reinforcement in which reinforcement is delivered for any response that differs in topography, sequence, etc., from a previously reinforced response.
Limited hold
A component that can be added to a schedule of reinforcement limiting access to reinforcement for correct responses that occur within a specific and fixed time.