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.
B. Concepts and Principles
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.
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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.
Listener discrimination
A non-verbal response evoked by listening to a speaker’s verbal SD and doing what is instructed due to a history of generalized conditioned reinforcement.
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Mand
An elementary verbal operant in which the speaker’s verbal behavior is controlled by motivating operations and has a history of specific reinforcement.
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Masking
When a stimulus has acquired stimulus control over a specific response, but a competing stimulus is present, blocking stimulus salience, and causing a decrease in the occurrence of the learned
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Matching law
A behavioral concept that maintains that behavior is produced in direct proportion to the reinforcement that is available for that behavior. Hint: We make behavior choices at every moment, and
Mixed schedules of reinforcement
A compound schedule of reinforcement in which two or more un-signaled (No SDs) basic schedules of reinforcement are in effect in an alternating, random sequence for one or more behaviors.
Motivating operation (MO)
An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing or punishing effectiveness of a stimulus and alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced or punished by that stimulus.
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