BCBA Exam Prep--Vocab

Decrease in the frequency of operant behavior presumed to be the result of continued contact with or consumption of a reinforcer that has followed the behavior

Stimulus change that decreased the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it irrespective of the organism's learning history

Stimulus change that functions as a reinforcer because of prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers

Previous neutral stimulus change that functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other punishers

An operant that occurs more frequently under some antecedent conditions than under others

A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which responses of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of responses have occurred and not been reinforced; increases the momentary frequency of the behavior

Basic unit of the analysis of operant behavior.
Encompasses the temporal and possibly dependent relations among an Antecedent stimulus, Behavior, and Consequence: A--B--C

Dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior and its controlling variables

Describes reinforcement (or punishment) that is delivered only after the target behavior has occurred

All of a person's learning experiences and more specifically to past conditioning with respect to particular response classes or aspects of a person's repertoire