Behavior Analysis Concepts

Front

A stimulus that evokes a behavior, followed by reinforcement or punishment.

Back

Discriminative Stimulus

Front

The number of times a target behavior occurs within a given time period.

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Rate

Front

This is the time between the end of one response to the beginning of another.

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Interresponse Time

Front

_____ ensures accuracy of data collection and is conducted by multiple people observing the same behavior and investigating how accurately they are collecting data.

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Interobserver Agreement

Front

A stimulus that, when presented following a response, increases or maintains the future frequency of that response.

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Reinforcement

Front

Increasing the occurrence of a target behavior by removing an aversive stimulus as a consequence.

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Negative reinforcement

Front

A disruption or breakdown in behavior that occurs when the response requirement in a schedule of reinforcement is too demanding or difficult.

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Ratio Strain

Front

Reinforcement is delivered for a response following a specific duration. What type of reinforcement schedule is this? Options: Variable Interval, Fixed Ratio, Variable Ratio, Fixed Interval

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Fixed Interval

Front

Both the stimulus and the response match the beginning, middle and end

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Point to point correspondence

Front

Signals the availability of a reinforcer contingent on a behavior

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Discriminative Stimulus