Behavioral Analysis Chapter 2

Front 1

Reinforcement Contingency

Back 1

The response contingent presentation of a reinforcer resulting in an increased frequency of that response

Front 2

Behavioral Contingency

Back 2

The occasion for a response, the response, and the outcome of the response.

Front 3

The error or reification

Back 3

to call a behavior or process a thing

Front 4

Medical Model Myth

Back 4

an erroneous view of human behavior, that is always a mere symptom of an underlying psychological condition.

Front 5

Reinforce behavior

Back 5

reinforce behavior not people

Front 6

Reinforcer

Back 6

thing, even, change of condiditon

Front 7

Reinforcement

Back 7

the delivery of the reinforcer and the resulting change in behavior

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Baseline

Back 8

the phase of an experiment or intervention where the behavior is measured in the absence of an intervention.

Front 9

Response Contingent

Back 9

Caused by the response or produced by the response

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Contingency

Back 10

a causal relationship

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To be Contingent

Back 11

Means to be caused by

Front 12

Environmental Quality-general rule

Back 12

You can increase the frequency of entering a setting by putting more reinforcers in that setting but you will have to make some reinforers contingent on productive behavior if you want to increase productivity in that setting.

Front 13

Reinforcement Contingency

Back 13

The presentation or an increase of a reinforcer promptly following a response resulting in an increased frequency of that response on similar occasions and w/ similar motivation operating.