Introduction to Psychology: Learning Terms in Behavioral Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Definitions for key terms in behavioral psychology, including rate of response, intensity, duration, speed, latency, interval recording, time sample, topography, number of errors, independent variable, dependent variable, functional relationships, stimulus, response, overt behavior, covert behavior, appetite stimuli, aversive stimuli, establishing operations, deprivation, contiguity, and contingency.

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TERM 1
Rate of response
DEFINITION 1
number of behaviors per unit of time
TERM 2
Intensity
DEFINITION 2
can be changed through shaping, ex: how hard the rat
presses the lever
TERM 3
Duration
DEFINITION 3
a definite beginning and a definite end, period of time in
which an individual continuously performs a behavior
TERM 4
Speed
DEFINITION 4
Measures the change in speed
TERM 5
latency
DEFINITION 5
period of time before the behavior occurs, before the
behavior but after the stimulus
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Rate of response

number of behaviors per unit of time

TERM 2

Intensity

DEFINITION 2

can be changed through shaping, ex: how hard the rat

presses the lever

TERM 3

Duration

DEFINITION 3

a definite beginning and a definite end, period of time in

which an individual continuously performs a behavior

TERM 4

Speed

DEFINITION 4

Measures the change in speed

TERM 5

latency

DEFINITION 5

period of time before the behavior occurs, before the

behavior but after the stimulus

Interval

recording

intervals of time, did the behavior occur in the sample of

time? , consecutive intervals, certain amounts of time (ex:

check every __ minutes and make a percentage of the

findings)

TERM 7

Time sample

recording

DEFINITION 7

Intervals of time, did the behavior occur in the sample of

time?, nonconsecutive intervals, not a specific amount of

intervals per time (always same number of minutes per

interval)

TERM 8

Topography

DEFINITION 8

What the behavior looks like, ex: learning to write the

alphabet, measuring as it gets better, ex: learning ballet

TERM 9

Number of errors

DEFINITION 9

how many errors occur in the behavior, ex: counting mess

ups in a new piano piece being learned

TERM 10

Independent Variable

DEFINITION 10

The cause, what is manipulated

Covert behavior

a behavior you can't see, ex: hunger

TERM 17

Appetite stimuli

DEFINITION 17

something an organism seeks out and wants

TERM 18

Aversive stimuli

DEFINITION 18

something an organism avoids

TERM 19

establishing operations

DEFINITION 19

setting up conditions to make something more appealing or

aversive, used to affect appetite

TERM 20

Deprivation

DEFINITION 20

makes the animal seek out the food, used to affect appetite

contiguity

how close together something is (spacially or temporally) Ex:

thunder and lightening

TERM 22

Contingency

DEFINITION 22

describes a relationship, behavior relies on a stimulus or a

command ex: tell someone to shower and they do it