#3 What Is Behavior + Respondent/Operant + ABCs

What is behavior?

Anything a person/organism does in interaction with the environment.

What 2 qualities should behavior have?

Observable and measurable (also what a person does).

Why is “anxious” a poor behavioral definition?

It is a label, not a specific observable action.

Are private events like thoughts considered behavior?

Yes, but they are difficult to objectively measure.

What is the Dead Man’s Test?

If a dead person can do it, it is not behavior.

Is “does not swear” a behavior?

No. Define what the person does instead.

What is a response?

One specific instance of a behavior.

What is a response class?

Group of behaviors similar in form or function.

What is topography?

What the behavior looks like (physical form, shape, appearance).

What is repertoire?

All behaviors/skills a person is capable of performing.

What is a topographical definition?

Defines behavior by what it physically looks like.

What is a functional definition?

Defines behavior by its purpose or outcome.

What is respondent behavior?

Automatic/reflexive behavior elicited by a stimulus.

Respondent behavior is associated with whom?

Pavlov.

Basic respondent relationship?

Stimulus → response

What is operant behavior?

Behavior shaped by what happens afterward.

Operant behavior is associated with whom?

Skinner.

Respondent behavior is mainly controlled by what?

Antecedents.

Operant behavior is mainly shaped by what?

Consequences.

What does conditioned mean?

Learned.

What does unconditioned mean?

Unlearned.

What does conditioning mean?

Learning