EAB Fluency Unit 5

Antecedent

stimulus preceding response

Behavior

anything an organism does

Consequence

stimulus following response

Environment

all stimuli/conditions that affect behavior

Function

effect of s/r on another s/r

Functional Relation

when stimulus consistently alters response

Private

accessible to only one organism: the behaver

Public

accessible to multiple organisms

Response

specific instance of behavior

Functional Response Class

group of different behaviors with same function

Topographical Response Class

responses with same topography, different functions

Stimulus

change in the environment

Stimulus Class

group of stimuli that share common elements

Topography

shape/form of behavior

Autoshaping

teaching operant without manually reinforcing

Biological Preparedness

genetic predisposition to learn something

Instinctive Drift

tendency towards UR over operant over time

Sign-tracking

tendency to approach biologically relevant stimuli

Taste aversion

avoiding gustatory stimuli paired with aversive