Analytic
Demonstrate a functional relation
Antecedent
Environmental conditions or stimulus changes that occur prior to the behavior of
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Antecedent stimulus class
Stimuli that share a common relationship
Applied Behavioral Analysis
The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of the behavior.
Automatic reinforcement
Reinforcement that occurs independent of the social mediation of others
Automaticity of reinforcement
Behavior is modified by it's consequences regardless of whether the individual is aware of reinforcement
Aversive stimulus
Stimulus conditions whose termination functions as reinforcement
Avoidance Contingency
A contingency in which a response prevents or postpones the presentation of a stimulus
Backup Reinforcer
Reinforcers that can be purchased with tokens
Backward chaining
A teaching procedure in which all behaviors are initially completed by the trainer except for the final behavior in the chain.
Behavior
The portion of an organism's interaction with its environment
Behaviorism
Philosophy of the science of behavior
Behavior chain
Specific sequence of responses in which each response produces a stimulus change that functions as conditioned reinforcement for that response and an Sd for the next response.
Behavior chain with limited hold
A sequence of behaviors that must be performed correctly and within a specified time to be reinforced.
Behavioral contract
A document that specifies a contingent relationship between the completion of a specified behavior and access to a reinforcer.
Behavioral cusp
A behavior that has sudden and dramatic consequences that extend beyond the change becauses it exposes the person to new environments, reinforcers, contingencies, responses and stimulus control
Contingency
Dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behaviors and its controlling variables
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