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Behavior Analysis
Dr. Manish Vaidya
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
04/01/2010

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Contingency
Definition
if the consequence is delivered independent of behavior (or not contingent on behavior) you are not likely to see an increase in the targeted response
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Immediacy
Definition
if the consequence is delivered after a delay, the response immediately preceding is reinforced--not targeted response
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Deprivation
Definition
the organism must be sufficiently deprived with respect to the consequence for it to be effective
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Magnitude
Definition
the size of the consequence must be suffiecent to maintain behavior
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Primary Reinforcers
Definition
Food warmth sleep opprotunity to procreate
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Escape
Definition
pressing a lever will stop a small, currently ongoing shock
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Avoidance
Definition
pressing a lever will prevent, or postpone a shock likely to occur in the future
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