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ESCAPE BEHAVIOR:
Behavior which terminates an aversive stimulus(e.g., esc RSIO designating a contingency in which a response produces the cessation of an aversive stimulus for 10 seconds).
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ESCAPE BEHAVIOR:
Behavior that reduces or removes aversive stimulation, thereby producing negative reinforcement. See also Negative reinforcement. 9
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ESCAPE BEHAVIOR:
Behavior that is reinforced by getting out of an aversive situation. Escape is different from avoidance in that in escape we start out in the aversive situation, whereas in avoidance we do not get into the aversive situation in the first place. For example, we escape from rain by taking shelter after it starts to rain on us but we avoid rain by taking shelter before it starts to rain on us.
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ESCAPE-AVOIDANCE LEARNING:
A learning situation in which the target behavior results in escape from, or avoidance of, an aversive event.
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ESTABLISHING OPERATION:
A procedure that affects learning and performance with respect to a particular reinforcer or aversive condition.
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ESTABLISHING OPERATION:
An antecedent event or change in the environment that alters the effectiveness of the reinforcer and the rates of the responses that have produced that reinforcer previously. Having just eaten a large meal will diminish the effectiveness of edible reinforcers. Similarly, deprivation will increase the effectiveness of reinforcers. 10
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establishing operations: Aversive stimuli and extinction are establishing operations for aggression reinforcers. |
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ESTABLISHING STIMULUS:
A stimulus that gets paired with an establishing operation, and the response or stimulus change it evokes becomes a conditioned stimulus for that operation. It cues or prompts the occurrence of the establishing operation. 16
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ESTABLISHING STIMULUS:
A stimulus that alters the effectiveness of some object or event as reinforcement and simultaneously alters the momentary frequency of the behavior that has been followed by that reinforcement. See establishing operation.
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ESTES-SKINNER PROCEDURE:
See PREAVERSIVE STIMULUS
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