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2. Kafli
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- 1Procedures/operationsWe study behavior through experimental procedures or operations. We call the changes in behavior they produce behavioral outcomes or processes
- 2Too observe a behaviorIs the simplest procedure, just watch. We then discover what an organism can do. But because we are only observing we have no control over events, so we may not be able to draw conclusions about the causes of behavior.
- 3What is the simplest intervention?To present a stimuli!
More complex intervention is to arrange the environment so that it is changed by the organism's behavior - The organism's behavior has consequences. - 4What does consequential arrangements lead to?Reinforcement and punishment
- 5ElicitationOne effect of stimulus presentations is to produce response - this outcome is called elicitation.
; The stimulus is said to elicit a response - 6Releasers and fixed action patternThe critical stimuli or stimulus features are called releasers, and the behavior they produce is called a fixed action pattern.