Attrition
A reduction in the number of study participants, which can impact the validity and reliability of the findings and compromise the integrity of the data.
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
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.
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.
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.
Automatic reinforcement function
When the source of reinforcement for a behavior is self-mediated access to specific reinforcement or escape from aversive stimuli.
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Automaticity of reinforcement and punishment
The phenomenon that behavior is modified by consequences, even if a person is unaware of the contingency.