Stimulus, Respose and 3 term contingency

Module One, Lesson 4

Behavior

An organisms interaction with its environment described in ways that can be observed and measured

Response

One occurance of a particular behavior

Response Class

Different Responses that produce the same effect on the environment

Repertoire

The behavior or skills a person can perform

Topography

refers to the form or appearance of a response: what it looks like. Responses in the same class have different topograpies but share an outcome

Enviroment

The physical circumstances surrounding an organism

Stimulus

An environmental change that can affect an organism or its behavior

Stimulus class

A group of stimuli sharing relevant features

Antecedents

An environmental chance or stimulus change that occures BEFORE the behavior of interest

Consequence

A stimulus change that occurs AFTER the behavior of interest

Three term Contigency

The basic unit of operant behavior. Antecedent →Behavior→ Consequence

Respondant behavior

An non learned behavior that is illicited by a prereceding stimulus

Operant Behavior

Learned behavior that is selected, shaped and maintained by a history of consequences

Motivating Operations

Something that makes a consequence more or less effective and behaviors that led to that consequence more or less likley

Establishing Operations

Something that makes a reinforcer more effective and behaviors that led to that reinforcer more likley

Abolishing Operations

Something that makes a reinforcer less effective and behaviors that led to that reinforcer less likley