week 2 fluency terms

Flashcards defining key vocabulary terms in behavioral science, including environmental factors, response categories, and functional relationships as recorded in the lecture notes.

Consequence

a stimulus that follows a response

Environment

all stimuli and conditions that affect behavior

Function

effect of stimulus or response on another stimulus or response

Functional relation

when a stimulus consistently alters a response

Response

specific instance of behavior

Response class

a group of responses that share some commonality

Stimulus

Environmental change that affects an organism

Stimulus class

a group of stimuli that share some commonality

Topography

response form; what a response looks like

Antecedent

A stimulus that precedes a response

Behavior

Anything any organism does