PSYC*2160- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)
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Abolishing operation: a procedure that decreases the appetitiveness or aversiveness of a stimulus. Appetitive stimulus: an event that an organism will seek out. Aversive stimulus: an event that an organism will avoid. Baseline: the normal frequency of a behavior prior to an intervention. Changing-criterion design: a type of single-subject design in which the effect of the treatment is demonstrated by how closely the behavior matches a criterion that is systematically altered. Comparative design: a type of group design in which different species constitute one of the independent variables. Contingency: a predictive relationship between two events such that the occurrence of one event predicts the probable occurrence of the other. Control group design: a type of group design in which, at its simplest, subjects are randomly assigned to either an experimental (or treatment) group or a control group. Covert behavior: behavior that can be subjectively perceived only by the person performing the behavior. Also known as private behaviors or private events.
