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| A motivating operation (MO) alters the effectiveness of some stimulus as a reinforcer, the ________. |
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| A motivating operation (MO) alters the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus, the ________. |
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| establishing operation (EO) |
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| The value-altering effect is either (a) an increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, in which case the MO is an _____; or (b) a decrease in reinforcing effectiveness, in which case the MO is an abolishing operation (AO). |
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| The behavior-altering effect is either (a) an increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, called the evocative effect, or (b) a decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, called an _____. |
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| The alteration in _____ can be (a) the direct evocative or abative effect of the MO on response frequency and/or (b) the indirect effect on the evocative or abative strength of relevant discriminative stimuli (sDs). |
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| In addition to frequency, other aspects of behavior such as _____, latency, and relative frequency can be altered by an MO. |
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| It is not correct to interpret the behavior-altering effect of an MO as due to the organism's encountering a more or less effective form of reinforcement; a _____ exists between MO level and responding when no reinforcers are being received. |
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| differential availability |
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| An sD controls a type of behavior because it has been related to the _____ of an effective reinforcer for that type of behavior. This means that the relevant consequence has been available in the presence of, and unavailable in the absence of, the stimulus. |
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| ____ are related to the differential availability of a currently effective form of reinforcement for a particular type of behavior. |
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| ____ are related to the differential reinforcing effectiveness of particular type of environmental event. |
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| deprivation and satiation |
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| The main UMOs for humans are those related to _____ with respect to food, water, oxygen, activity, and sleep; and those related to sexual reinforcement, comfortable temperature conditions, and painful stimulation. |
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| reinforcement _____ adds the reinforced behavior to the repertoire that will be evoked and abated by the relevant UMO; the person does not have to "understand" anything for an MO to have its effects. |
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| Temporary _____ of EO effects can be accomplished by the relevant AO and abative operations. |
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| Social disapproval, time-out from reinforcement, and response cost are stimulus conditions that usually function as punishment because they are related to a _____ in the availability of some kinds of reinforcers. |
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