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EDF 6225 Module 9 Motivation Operation (Motivating Operation) 2023
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EDF 6225 Module 9 Motivation Operation (Motivating Operation ) 2023Antecedent Events Answer- An environmental condition or stimulus change existing or occuring prior to a behavior of interest. Ex: - Eliciting stimulus (UCS, CS) elicits a reflexive response, - Discriminative stimulus (occasions a response/signals availability of RNF)
- Establishing/Abolishing operations (alters the value of the reinforcer)
Motivating Operation (MO) Answer- Environmental Variables (lighting, time of day, and weather conditions) that: -Alter the effectiveness of some stimulus objects or events as reinforcers. -Alter the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus,
object or event. VALUE ALTERING BEHAVIOR ALTERING
value-altering effect Answer- ESTABLISHING/ABOLISHING
- An alteration (increase or decrease) in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event as a result of a motivating operation.
- Influences the potency of a reinforcer to increase future frequency of bx
• EO: an increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or
event
• AO: a decrease in reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event
behavior-altering effect Answer- EVOCATIVE/ABATIVE
- An increase (evocative effect) or decrease (abative effect) in the current frequency of a behavior that has been reinforced by some stimulus, object or event in the past.
- Interpreted as a change in frequency due to the organism's bx contacting reinforcement
• Can refer to response frequency, magnitude, latency, etc.
EO: Increase in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by
some stimulus, object, or event
AO: Decrease in the current frequency of behavior that has been reinforced by some
stimulus, object, or event
Antecedent Variables Answer- Alter the current frequency of all behavior relevant to that MO or SD.
Operant variables Answer- Control response frequency due to their relation to reinforcing or punishing consequences
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