2024 bcat exam q stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Motivating Operations (MO) - ANSWER An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. Contingency - ANSWER Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's controlling variables. Satiation - ANSWER Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines. Positive Reinforcement - ANSWER A type of reinforcement in which the presentation of the sti...