This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Mental Health & Counseling has 20 clues. Answers range from 2 to 23 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The use of basic behavior principles to analyze and solve practical problems.
A method used to train chained performances in which the last behavior in the chain is trained first; then each preceding behavior is gradually introduced.
The base rate of behavior, before intervention, against which the efficacy of experimental manipulations is compared.
A stimulus that has acquired reinforcing properties through its association with other reinforcing stimuli.
A reinforcement schedule in which every response is reinforced.
A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is delivered for behaviors which are incompatible with the target response.
A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is delivered for rates of responding below a specified criterion.
A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is delivered for behaviors other than the target response.
A symptom of autism in which the child ONLY repeats spoken language (echoic in nature) and fails to exhibit normal verbal behaviors.
A discrimination procedure in which the initial training involves only a brief, low intensity presentation of S-. Gradually, the intensity and duration of the S- is increased. Subjects rarely (if ever) respond to S-.
The reduction in frequency of an operant response which was previously rewarded that results when the response is no longer followed by the reinforcer.
A method used to train chained performances in which the first behavior in the chain is trained first; then each subsequent behavior is gradually introduced.
Interval between successive responses.
A principle of behavior in which behavior increases as a result of the termination an aversive event or stimulus.
A principle of behavior in which behavior increases as a result of the presentation of an appetitive stimulus.
According to this principle, you can increase the strength or likelihood of a target response if you make the opportunity to perform a more preferred response contingent upon performance of the target response.
The time elapsed between the presentation of a stimulus and the subject's response. This is often used as a dependent variable.
A discriminative stimulus that evokes instrumental behavior because it signals the availability of reinforcement for a target response.
Abnormal, repetative behaviors that interfere with the individual's ability to pay attention or participate in meaningful activity, spinning objects.
A rapid burst of target responses that occur which extinction is first applied.