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| That portion of an organism's interaction with its environment that is characterized by detectable displacement in space through time of some part of the organism and that results in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment. |
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| Action of an organisms effector |
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| All of the behaviors that an organism can do |
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| Everything except the moving parts of the organism involved in the behavior |
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| Any group of stimuli sharing specific common elements along formal, temporal, and/or functional dimensions |
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| Condition or stimulus occurring prior to a behavior |
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| An unpleasant or noxious stimulus. A stimulus change or condition that functions to evoke a behavior that has terminated it in the past; as a punisher; or reinforcer |
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| A stimulus that functions as a reinforcer because of prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers |
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| The stimulus component of a conditioned reflex; a formerly neutral stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior only after it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus or another conditioned stimulus |
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| A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest |
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| Dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior and its controlling variables |
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| Time elapsed since contact with a reinforcer |
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| Increases the momentary frequency of the behavior |
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| Discontinuing of reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior |
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| A decrease in responsiveness to repeated presentations of a stimulus |
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| The removal of a stimulus which results in an increase in behavior |
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| A stimulus change that decreases the future frequency of |
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