English-Spanish Behavioral Glossary 1

English-Spanish Glossary of Behavioral Terms

Glosario Ingls-Espaol de Trminos Conductuales
October 2014 edition / Edicin de Octubre de 2014

Coordination / Coordinacin
Javier Virues-Ortega (University of Auckland & ABA Espaa)

Contributors (in alphabetical order) / Han contribuido (en orden alfabtico)

Toms Jess Carrasco Gimnez (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
Maricel Cigales (Florida International University)
Carrie Dempsey (California State University Stanislaus)
Maria Xess Frojn Parga (Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Spain)
Oscar Garca Leal (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)
Esteve Frexa i Baque (Universit de Picardie Jules Verne, France)
Anbal Gutirrez (Florida International Unviersity)
Roco Hernndez Pozo (Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mexico)
Camilo Hurtado-Parrado (Konrad Lorenz Fundacin Universitaria, Colombia)
Sarah Lechago (University of Houston Clear Lake)
Wilson Lpez (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia)
Neil Martin (European Association of Behavior Analysis)
Fae Mellichamp (Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc.)
Jess ngel Miguel Garca (Spanish Institute & University of Manitoba)
Rafael Moreno Rodrguez (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
Jose Navarro Guzmn (Universidad de Cdiz, Spain)
Celia Nogales Gonzlez (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
Gabriel Schnerch (University of Manitoba)
Luis Valero Aguayo (Universidad de Mlaga, Spain)
Alejandra Zaragoza Scherman (Aarhus University, Denmark).

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AB design. Noun. Diseo AB. Acquisition phase. Noun. Fase de

ABA design. Noun. Diseo ABA. adquisicin.
ABAB design. Noun. Diseo ABAB. Acquisition. Noun. Adquisicin.
Abative effect. Noun. Efecto reductor. Activity reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador de
ABC record. Noun. Registro ABC. actividad.
Abolishing operation. Noun. Operacin de Activity schedule. Noun. Programa de
abolicin. actividades.
Absolute stimulus control. Noun. Control Addictive reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador
de estmulo absoluto. adictivo.
Absolute unit Noun. Unidad absoluta. Additivity theory of behavioral contrast.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Noun. Teora aditiva del contraste
(ACT). Noun. Terapia de aceptacin y conductual.
compromiso (ACT). Adduction contingency. Noun.
Accuracy. Noun. Precisin. Contingencia de aduccin.

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Adduction. Noun. Aduccin. Ascending baseline. Noun. Lnea-base

Adjunctive behavior. Noun. Conducta ascendente.
inducida por programa.Adjusting schedule. Associationism. Noun. Asociacionismo.
Noun. Programa de ajuste. Associative learninig. Noun. Aprendizaje
Adquisition (of an operant response). asociativo.
Noun. Adquisicin (de una respuesta Associative strength Noun. Fuerza
operante). asociativa.
Adventitious reinforcement. Noun. Attention-maintained behavior. Noun.
Reforzamiento adventicio. Conducta mantenida por atencin.
Affirmation of the consequent. Noun. Audience. Noun. Audiencia.
Afirmacin del consecuente. Auditory matching. Noun. Igualacin
Ainslie-Rachlin principle. Noun. auditiva.
Principio de Ainslie-Rachlin. Auditory stimulus control. Noun. Control
Ainslie-Rachlin theory. Noun. Teora de estmulo auditivo.
Ainslie-Rachlin. Augmentative communication systems.
Alternating treatments design. Noun. Noun. Sistemas comunicacin aumentativa.
Diseo de tratamientos alternantes. Augmenting stimulus. Noun. Estmulo
Alternative behavior. Noun. Conducta aumentativo.
alternativa. Autoclitic frame. Noun. Marco autocltico.
Alternative schedule. Noun. Programa Autoclitic. Noun. Autocltico.
alternativo. Automaintenance. Noun.
Analysis of behavior. Noun. Anlisis de Automantenimiento.
conducta. Automatic punishment. Noun. Castigo
Anecdotal observation. Noun. automtico.
Observacin anecdtica. Automatic reinforcement. Noun.
Antecedent. Noun. Antecedente. Reforzamiento automtico.
Antecedent control. Noun. Control por el Automatic reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador
antecedente. automtico.
Antecedent event. Noun. Evento Automaticity. Noun. Automaticidad.
antecedente. Autoshaping. Noun. Automoldeamiento.
Antecedent intervention. Noun. Aversive control. Noun. Control aversivo.
Intervencin sobre el antecedente. Aversive counterconditioning. Noun.
Antecedent stimulus class. Noun. Clase Contracondicionamiento aversivo.
de estmulos antecedentes. Aversive stimulus. Noun. Estmulo
Anticipatory contrast Noun. Contraste aversivo.
anticipatorio. Aversive. Adj. Aversivo.
Appetitive stimulus. Noun. Estmulo Avoidance contingency. Noun.
apetitivo. Contingencia de evitacin.
Applied behavior analysis (ABA). Noun. Avoidance. Noun. Evitacin.
Anlisis aplicado de la conducta o anlisis
de la conducta aplicada (el trmino ingls BAB design. Noun. Diseo BAB.
admite ambas traducciones). Backup reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador de
Approximation. Noun. Aproximacin. intercambio.
Arbitrary matching. Noun. Igualacin Backward chaining. Noun.
arbitraria. Encadenamiento hacia atrs o retrgrado.
Arbitrary stimulus class. Noun. Clase de Backward chaining with leaps ahead.
estmulo arbitraria. Noun. Encadenamiento hacia atrs con
Artifact. Noun. Artefacto. saltos o encadenamiento retrgrado con
Artificial reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador saltos.
artificial. Backward conditioning. Noun.
Condicionamiento hacia atrs o retrgrado.
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Bar graph. Noun. Grfica de barras. Behavioral contrast. Noun. Contraste

Baseline logic. Noun. Lgica de la Lnea- conductual.
base Behavioral cusp. Noun. Inflexin
Baseline. Noun. Lnea-base o lnea de conductual.
base. Behavioral deficit. Noun. Deficit
Basic attention programs. Noun. conductual.
Programas de atencin bsica. Behavioral dynamics. Noun. Dinmica de
Behavior. Noun. Conducta o la conducta.
comportamiento. Behavioral ecology. Noun. Ecologa
Behavior-altering effect. Noun. Efecto conductual.
modificador de la conducta. Behavioral economics. Noun. Economa
Behavior analysis. Noun. Anlisis de conductual.
conducta. Behavioral excess. Noun. Exceso
Behavior analyst. Noun. Analista de conductual.
conducta. Behavioral flexibility. Noun. Flexibilidad
Behavior-analytic. Adj. Analtico- conductual.
conductual. Behavioral genetics. Noun. Gentica
Behavior beneath the skin. Noun. conductual.
Conducta "debajo de la piel". Behavioral history. Noun. Historia
Behavior chain with interruption conductual.
strategy. Noun. Encadenamiento con Behavioral medicine. Noun. Medicina
estrategia de interrupcin. conductual.
Behavior chain with limited hold. Noun. Behavioral momentum. Noun. Momento
Encadenamiento con espera limitada. conductual.
Behavior chain. Noun. Cadena de Behavioral pharmacology. Noun.
conductas. Farmacologa conductual o farmacologa de
Behavior change tactic. Noun. Estrategia la conducta.
de cambio de conducta. Behavioral priming Noun. Imprimacin
Behavior checklist. Noun. Lista de conductual. Priming conductual (anglicismo
comprobacin de conducta. de uso comn).
Behavior modification. Noun. Producto Behavioral psychology. Noun. Psicologa
Behavior outside the skin. Noun. conductual.
Conducta "fuera de la piel". Behavioral skills training. Noun.
Behavior product. Noun. Producto de Entrenamiento de habilidades conductuales.
conducta. Behavioral units. Noun. Unidades de
Behavior system Noun. Sistema de conducta.
conducta. Behavioral variability. Noun.
Behavior-systems analysis. Noun. Variabilidad conductual.
Anlisis de sistemas de conducta. Behavioral. Adj. Conductual.
Behavior therapy. Noun. Terapia de Behaviorism. Noun. Conductismo.
conducta. Believability. Noun. Credibilidad.
Behavior trap. Noun. Trampa de Biofeedback. Noun. Retroalimentacin
conducta. biolgica o biofeedback.
Behavioral assessment. Noun. Evaluacin Biological context. Noun. Contexto
conductual. biolgico.
Behavioral chain. Noun. Cadena de Bizarre vocalizations Noun.
conductas. Vocalizaciones inapropiadas.
Behavioral contingency. Noun. Block. Noun. Bloque.
Contingencia de conducta. Block. Verb. Bloquear.
Behavioral contract. Noun. Contrato Blocking. Noun. Bloqueo.
conductual.
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Board certified assistant behavior analyst. Community behavior analysis. Noun.

Noun. Analista de conducta ayudante Anlisis de conducta comunitario.
certificado. Community of reinforcers. Noun.
Board certified behavior analyst. Noun. Comunidad de reforzadores.
Analista de conducta certificado. Comparison stimulus. Noun. Estmulo de
Bonus response cost. Noun. Coste de comparacin.
respuesta con reserva de reforzadores. Competing response. Noun. Respuesta
Brief functional analysis. Noun. Anlisis competitiva.
funcional breve. Compliance. Noun. Cumplimiento.
Burst (of behaviors). Noun. Explosin (de Component analysis. Noun. Anlisis de
conductas). componentes.
Compound conditioned stimulus
Calibration. Noun. Calibracin. (compound CS). Noun. Estmulo
Captured learn units. Noun. Unidades de condicionado compuesto (EC compuesto).
aprendizaje capturadas. Compound schedule. Noun. Programa
Case study. Noun. Estudio de caso. combinado.
Celeration. Noun. Aceleracin. Concept formation. Noun. Formacin de
Celeration time period. Noun. Tiempo de conceptos.
aceleracin. Concept. Noun. Concepto.
Celeration trend line. Noun. Lnea de Concurrent contingencies. Noun.
tendencia de aceleracin. Contingencias concurrentes.
Chained schedule of reinforcement. Concurrent operants. Noun. Operantes
Noun. Programa de reforzamiento concurrentes.
encadenado. Concurrent schedules of reinforcement.
Chaining. Noun. Encadenamiento. Noun. Programas de reforzamiento
Chamber. Noun. Caja experimental. concurrentes.
Changeover delay. Noun. Demora de Concurrent schedules. Noun. Programas
alternancia. concurrentes.
Changeover ratio. Noun. Razn de Concurrent-chain schedules. Noun.
alternancia. Programas concurrentes encadenados.
Changeover response. Noun. Respuesta Condition (experimental). Noun.
de alternancia. Condicin (experimental).
Changeover. Noun. Alternancia. Conditional discrimination. Noun.
Changing criterion design. Noun. Diseo Discriminacin condicional.
de criterio cambiante. Conditional probability. Noun.
Choice. Noun. Eleccin. Probabilidad condicional.
Classical conditioning. Noun. Conditional response. Noun. Respuesta
Condicionamiento clsico. condicional.
Clicker training. Noun. Entrenamiento Conditional stimulus. Noun. Estmulo
con chasquidos. condicional.
Clinical behavior analysis. Noun. Anlisis Conditional. Noun. Condicional.
de conducta clnico. Conditioned aversive stimulus. Noun.
Closed economy. Noun. Economa Estmulo aversivo condicionado.
cerrada. Conditioned compensatory responses.
Codic. Noun. Cdico. Noun. Respuesta condicionada
Coercion. Noun. Coercin. compensatoria.
Collateral behavior. Noun. Conducta Conditioned emotional responce. Noun.
colateral. Respuesta emocional condicionada.
Combinatorial entailment. Noun. Conditioned establishing operation.
Vinculacin combinatoria. Noun. Operacin de establecimiento
condicionada.
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Conditioned inhibition. Noun. Inhibicin Contingency control. Noun. Control por

condicionada. las contingencias.
Conditioned inhibitor. Noun. Inhibidor Contingency discriminability. Noun.
condicionado. Discriminabilidad de la contingencia.
Conditioned motivating operation. Noun. Contingency language. Noun. Lenguaje
Operacin motivacional condicionada. de contingencias.
Conditioned negative reinforcer. Noun. Contingency management. Noun. Manejo
Reforzador negativo condicionado. de contingencias.
Conditioned opponent theory. Noun. Contingency of reinforcement. Noun.
Teora de los oponentes condicionados. Contingencia de reforzamiento.
Conditioned punisher. Noun. Estimulo Contingency space. Noun. Espacio de la
aversivo condicionado. contingencia.
Conditioned reflex or conditional reflex. Contingency-governed behavior. Noun.
Noun. Reflejo condicionado. Conducta gobernada por las contingencias.
Conditioned reinforcement. Noun. Contingency-shaped behavior. Noun.
Reforzamiento condicionado. Conducta moldeada por las contingencias.
Conditioned reinforcer. Noun. Contingency-specifying stimulus. Noun.
Reforzador condicionado. Estmulo que especifica la contingencia.
Conditioned response (CR). Noun. Contingency. Noun. Contingencia.
Respuesta condicionada (RC). Contingent associations. Noun.
Conditioned stimulus (CS). Noun. Asociacin contingente.
Estmulo condicionado (EC). Contingent delay. Noun. Demora
Conditioned suppression. Noun. contingente.
Supresin condicionada. Contingent exercise. Noun. Ejercicio
Conditioned. Adj. Condicionado. contingente.
Conditioning. Noun. Condicionamiento. Contingent observation. Noun.
Confidentiality. Noun. Confidencialidad. Observacin contingente.
Conflict of interest. Noun. Conflicto de Contingent. Adj. Contingente.
intereses. Contingent response. Noun. Respuesta
Confounding factor. Noun. Factor de contingente.
confusin. Contingent stimulus. Noun. Estmulo
Confounding variable. Noun. Variable contingente.
extraa. Continuous measurement. Noun.
Conjoint schedules. Noun. Programas Medicin continua.
conjuntos. Continuous recording for specified
Conjugate reinforcement. Noun. periods. Noun. Registro continuo durante
Reforzamiento apareado. periodos programados.
Conjunctive schedule. Noun. Programas Continuous recording. Noun. Registro
conjuntivos. continuo.
Consequence. Noun. Consecuencia. Continuous reinforcement. Noun.
Consummatory response. Noun. Reforzamiento continuo.
Respuesta consumatoria. Contrast or behavioral contrast. Noun.
Context. Noun. Contexto. Contraste o contraste conductual.
Contextual control. Noun. Control Contrived contingency. Noun.
contextual. Contingencia artificial.
Contextualism. Noun. Contextualismo. Contrived mediated stimulus. Noun.
Contiguity. Noun. Contigidad. Estmulo mediador artificial.
Contingency contract o contingency Contrived reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador
contracting. Noun. Contrato de artificial.
contingencias. Controlled behavior. Noun. Conducta
controlada.
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Controlling behavior. Noun. Conducta Delayed conditioning. Noun.

controladora. Condicionamiento demorado.
Controlling stimulus. Noun. Estmulo Delayed imitation. Noun. Imitacin
controlador. demorada.
Controlling variable. Noun. Variable Delayed matching to sample. Noun.
controladora o variable de control. Igualacin a la muestra demorada.
Conversational unit. Noun. Unidad Delayed multiple baseline design. Noun.
conversacional. Diseo de Lnea-base mltiple demorado.
Copying a text. Noun. Copia de textos. Delayed reinforcement. Noun.
Correction procedure. Noun. Reforzamiento demorado.
Procedimiento de correccin. Delayed response. Noun. Respuesta
Correlated stimuli or correlated demorada.
reinforcers. Noun. Estmulo Demonstration research. Noun.
correlacionado o reforzadores Investigacin de demostracin.
correlacionados. Dependent group contingency. Noun.
Correspondence (between saying and Contingencia dependiente del grupo.
doing). Noun. Correspondencia decir-hacer Dependent variable. Noun. Variable
o correspondencia entre lo que se dice y lo dependiente.
que se hace. Deprivation. Noun. Privacin.
Count. Noun. Nmero total de respuestas. Deprivation operation. Noun. Operacin
Countercontrol responses. Noun. de privacin.
Respuestas de contracontrol. Derived equivalence relation. Noun.
Counting time. Noun. Tiempo de registro Relacin de equivalencia derivada.
de respuestas. Derived relational responding. Noun.
Covert behavior. Noun. Conducta Respuesta relacional derivada.
encubierta. Derived relations. Noun. Relaciones
Critical feature. Noun. Aspecto crtico. derivadas.
CS-US interval. Noun. Intervalo EC-EI. Derived stimulus relation. Noun.
Cumulative graph. Noun. Grfica Relacin de estmulo derivada.
acumulativa. Descending baseline. Noun. Lnea-base
Cumulative record. Noun. Registro descendente.
acumulativo. Descriptive analysis. Noun. Anlisis
Cumulative recorder. Noun. Registro descriptivo.
acumulativo. Descriptive autoclitic. Noun. Autocltico
descriptivo.
Data collection Noun. Toma de datos Descriptive functional behavior
Data path. Noun. Trayectoria de datos. assessment. Noun. Evaluacin funcional
Data point. Noun. Dato. descriptiva de la conducta.
Data sampling. Noun. Muestreo de datos. Desensitization. Noun. Desensibilizacin.
Datum, data. Noun. Dato, datos. Destructive behavior Noun. Conducta
Dead-man's test. Noun. Prueba del destructiva.
hombre muerto. Determininsm. Noun. Determinismo.
Defensive conditioning. Noun. Differential conditioning. Noun.
Condicionamiento defensivo. Condicionamiento diferencial.
Delay conditioning. Noun. Differential punishment of high rates.
Condicionamiento de demora. Noun. Castigo diferencial de tasas altas.
Delay of reinforcement. Noun. Demora Differential punishment procedure.
del reforzamiento. Noun. Procedimiento de castigo diferencial.
Delay-reduction hypothesis. Noun. Differential reinforcement of alternative
Hiptesis de reduccin de demora. behavior (DRA). Noun. Reforzamiento
diferencial de conductas alternativas (RDA).
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Differential reinforcement of Direct measurement. Noun. Medicin

communication. Noun. Reforzamiento directa.
diferencial de la comunicacin. Direct measures. Noun. Medida directa.
Differential reinforcement of diminishing Direct replication. Noun. Replicacin
rates of responding (DRD). Noun. directa.
Reforzamiento diferencial de tasas Discontinuous measurement. Noun.
decrecientes (RDD). Medicin discontinua.
Differential reinforcement of high rates of Discontinuous observation. Noun.
behavior (DRH). Noun. Reforzamiento Observacin discontinua.
diferencial de tasas altas (RDTA). Discrete trial teaching or instruction.
Differential reinforcement of Noun. Enseanza con ensayos discretos.
incompatible behavior (DRI). Noun. Discrete trial. Noun. Ensayo discreto.
Reforzamiento diferencial de conductas Discriminated avoidance. Noun.
incompatibles (RDI). Evitacin discriminada.
Differential reinforcement of Discriminated extinction. Noun.
incompatible/alternative behavior Extincin discriminada.
(DRI/DRA) reversal technique. Noun. Discriminated operant. Noun. Operante
Reforzamiento diferencial de conductas discriminada.
incompatibles/alternativas (RDI/RDA). Discrimination hypothesis. Noun.
Differential reinforcement of low rates Hiptesis de discriminacin.
(DRL). Noun. Reforzamiento diferencial Discrimination index. Noun. ndice de
de tasas bajas (RDTB). discriminacin.
Differential reinforcement of other Discrimination learning. Noun.
behavior (DRO) reversal technique. Aprendizaje discriminativo.
Noun. Reforzamiento diferencial de otras Discrimination training procedure. Noun.
conductas (RDO) invertido. Procedimiento de entrenamiento en
Differential reinforcement of other discriminacin.
behavior (DRO). Noun. Reforzamiento Discrimination training. Noun.
diferencial de otras conductas (RDO). Entrenamiento en discriminacin.
Differential reinforcement schedules. Discrimination. Noun. Discriminacin.
Noun. Programas de reforzamiento Discriminative stimulus (SD). Noun.
diferencial. Estmulo discriminativo (ED).
Differential reinforcement. Noun. Discriminative. Adj. Discriminativo.
Reforzamiento diferencial. Discriminative function. Noun. Funcin
Differential response. Noun. Respuesta discriminativa.
diferencial. Disinhibition. Noun. Desinhibicin.
Differentiation. Noun. Diferenciacin. Disruptive behavior. Noun. Conducta
Dimension of behavior. Noun. Dimensin disruptiva o perturbadora.
conductual. Distancing. Noun. Distanciamiento.
Differential response. Noun. Respuesta Distractors. Noun. Distractores.
diferencial. Distributed practice. Noun. Prctica
Differentiated response. Noun. Respuesta distribuida.
diferenciada. Double-blind control. Noun. Control de
Dimensional measurement. Noun. doble ciego.
Medida dimensional. Duplic. Noun. Dplico.
Dimensional quantity. Noun. Cantidad Duration recording. Noun. Registro de
dimensional. duracin.
Dimensionless quantity. Noun. Cantidad Duration. Noun. Duracin.
adimensional.
Direct instruction. Noun. Instruccin
directa.
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Early intensive behavioral intervention Established response method. Noun.

(EIBI). Noun. Intervencin conductual Mtodo de respuesta establecida.
temprana e intensiva. Establishing operation. Noun. Operacin
Echoic behavior. Noun. Conducta ecoica. de establecimiento.
Echoic-to-mand. Noun. Ecoica a mando. Establishing stimulus. Noun. Estmulo de
Echoic-to-tact. Noun. Ecoica a tacto. establecimiento.
Echoic. Noun. Ecoica. Ethical codes of behavior. Noun. Cdigo
Ecological assessment. Noun. Evaluacin tico de conduta.
ecolgica. Ethics. Noun. tica profesional.
Effect law. Noun. Ley del efecto. Event recording. Noun. Registro de
Elastic demand. Noun. Demanda elstica. eventos.
Electronic speaking device. Noun. Evocative effect (of a motivating
Aparato electrnico de habla. operation). Noun. Efecto evocador.
Elicit. Verb. Elicitar. Evoke. Verb. Evocar.
Elicitation. Noun. Elicitacin. Exact count-per-interval interobserver
Elicted. Adj. Elicitado. agreement (IOA). Noun. Acuerdo entre
Elopment Noun. Conducta evasiva o de observadores (AEO) de recuento exacto por
fuga. intervalos.
Emerge. Verb. Emerger. Excitatory. Adj. Excitatorio.
Emergent relation. Noun. Relacin Exclusion time-out or exclusionary time
emergente. out. Noun. Tiempo-fuera de exclusin.
Emit. Verb. Emitir. Exemplar. Noun. Ejemplar.
Emitted. Adj. Emitido. Experiment. Noun. Experimento.
Empiricism. Noun. Empirismo. Experimental analysis of behavior. Noun.
Environment. Noun. Ambiente. Anlisis experimental de la conducta.
Equal-interval graph. Noun. Grfica de Experimental condition. Noun. Condicin
intervalos regulares. experimental.
Equivalence class. Noun. Clase de Experimental control. Noun. Control
equivalencia. experimental.
Equivalence relation. Noun. Relacin de Experimental design. Noun. Diseo
equivalencia. experimental.
Equivalence. Noun. Equivalencia. Experimental question. Noun. Pregunta
Equivalent. Adj. Equivalente. experimental.
Error correction. Noun. Correccin de Explanatory fiction. Noun. Ficcin
errores. explicativa.
Errorless discrimination. Noun. Exposure therapy. Noun. Terapia de
Discriminacin sin errores. exposicin.
Errorless discrimination learning. Noun. External validity. Noun. Validez externa.
Aprendizaje de discriminacin sin errores. Extinction. Noun. Extincin.
Errorless discrimination procedure. Extinction burst. Noun. Incremento de
Noun. Procedimiento de discriminacin sin respuesta asociado a la extincin.
errores. Extinction gradient. Noun. Gradiente de
Errorless learning. Noun. Aprendizaje sin extincin.
errores. Extinction stimulus. Noun. Estmulo en
Escape. Noun. Escape. extincin.
Escape contingency. Noun. Contingencia Extinguish. Verb. Extinguir.
de escape. Extra-stimulus prompt. Noun. Ayuda
Escape extinction. Noun. Extincin de la extraestmulo.
conducta de escape. Extraneous sources of reinforcement.
Escape-maintained behavior. Noun. Noun. Fuentes extraas de reforzamiento.
Conducta mantenida por escape.
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Extraneous variable. Noun. Variable Fixed-ratio responding. Noun. Patrn de

extraa. respuesta de razn fija.
Extrinsic reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador Fixed-time schedule of reinforcement
extrnseco. (FT). Noun. Programa de reforzamiento de
Extrinsic reinforcer. Noun. tiempo fijo (TF).
Reforzamiento extrnseco. Fixed-time schedule. Noun. Programa de
Extrinsic variability. Noun. Variabilidad tiempo fijo.
extrnseca. Flooding. Noun. Inundacin.
Fluency. Noun. Fluidez.
Facultative behavior. Noun. Conducta Follow-up. Noun. Fase de seguimiento.
facultativa. Force. Noun. Fuerza.
Fade. Verb. Desvanecer. Forced choice. Noun. Eleccin forzosa.
Fading. Noun. Desvanecimiento. Foreign variable. Noun. Variable extraa.
Fading across prompts. Noun. Formal similarity. Noun. Similitud
Desvanecimiento de ayudas multiples. formal.
Fading procedure. Noun. Procedimiento Forward chaining. Noun.
de desvanecimiento. Encadenamiento hacia delante.
Fading within prompt. Noun. Free choice. Noun. Libre eleccin.
Desvanecimiento de una ayuda. Free operant. Noun. Operante libre.
Faultless instructional presentation. Free operant avoidance. Noun. Evitacin
Noun. Presentacin de instrucciones sin de operante libre.
errores. Free operant method. Noun. Mtodo de
Feature stimulus class. Noun. Clase de operante libre.
estmulo con caractersticas anlogas. Free operant procedure. Noun.
Feature-positive stimulus. Noun. Procedimiento de operante libre.
Estmulo positivo. Frequency. Noun. Frecuencia.
Findley procedure. Noun. Procedimiento Frequency of reinforcement. Noun.
de Findley. Frecuencia de reforzamiento.
First-order Conditioned stimulus (CS). Frequency of responding. Noun.
Noun. Estmulo condicionado (EC) de Frecuencia de respuesta.
primer orden. Frequency-within-interval-recording.
First-order conditioning. Noun. Noun. Registro de intervalos con
Condicionamiento de primer orden. frecuencia.
Fixed action pattern. Noun. Pauta fija de Full session Differential reinforcement of
accin. low rates (DRL). Noun. Reforzamiento
Fixed consecutive number. Noun. diferencial de tasas bajas (RDTB) de sesin
Nmero consecutivo fijo. completa.
Fixed interval schedule of reinforcement Function of behavior. Noun. Funcin de
(FI). Noun. Programa de reforzamiento de la conducta.
intervalo fijo (IF). Function-altering effect. Noun. Efecto
Fixed momentary differential modificador de la funcin.
reinforcement of other behavior (DRO). Function-based definition. Noun.
Noun. Reforzamiento diferencial de otras Definicin funcional.
conductas (RDO) momentneo fijo. Function-based treatment. Noun.
Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement Tratamiento funcional.
(FR). Noun. Programa de reforzamiento de Function. Noun. Funcin.
razn fija (RF). Functional analysis. Noun. Anlisis
Fixed ratio. Noun. Razn fija. funcional.
Fixed time schedule. Noun. Programa de Functional analytic psychotherapy. Noun.
tiempo fijo. Psicoterapia analtico-funcional.

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Functional behavior assessment. Noun. Generic extension. Noun. Extensin

Evaluacin funcional de la conducta. genrica.
Functional class. Noun. Clase funcional. Gestural prompt. Noun. Ayuda gestual.
Functional communication training. Gestural topography. Noun. Topografa
Noun. Entrenamiento en comunicacin gestual.
funcional. Goal gradient. Noun. Gradiente del meta.
Functional equivalence. Noun. Graduated guidance. Noun. Gua gradual.
Equivalencia funcional. Graph. Noun. Grfica.
Functional independence. Noun. Group behavior. Noun. Conducta grupal o
Independencia funcional. de grupo.
Functional relation. Noun. Relacin Group contingency. Noun. Contingencia
funcional. grupal.
Functional response class. Noun. Clase Group-oriented consequences. Noun.
funcional de respuestas. Consecuencias dirigidas al grupo.
Functional stimulus. Noun. Estmulo Guided compliance. Noun. Seguimiento
funcional. guiado.
Functionally equivalent. Adj.
Funcionalmente equivalente. Habilitation. Noun. Habilitacin.
Habit reversal. Noun. Inversin del
General case analysis. Noun. Anlisis de hbito.
caso general. Habit. Noun. Hbito.
General case programming. Noun. Habituation. Noun. Habituacin.
Programacin de caso general. Hallway time-out. Noun. Tiempo-fuera en
Generality. Noun. Generalidad. el pasillo.
Generalization. Noun. Generalizacin. Hand-over-hand prompt. Noun. Ayuda
Generalization across subjects. Noun. con contacto mano sobre mano.
Generalizacin entre sujetos. Hear-write. Noun. Or y escribir.
Generalization gradient. Noun. Gradiente Hero procedure. Noun. Procedimiento del
de generalizacin. hroe.
Generalization probe. Noun. Sondeo de Herrnsteins equation. Noun. Ecuacin de
generalizacin. Herrnstein.
Generalization setting. Noun. Lugar de la Heterogenous chains schedule. Noun.
generalizacin. Programa de cadenas heterogneas.
Generalized behavior change. Noun. High-probability request sequence. Noun.
Cambio de conducta generalizado. Secuencia de peticiones de alta probabilidad
Generalized conditioned punisher. Noun. o secuencia de alta probabilidad.
Estmulo aversivo condicionado High-probability request. Noun.
generalizado. Secuencia de peticiones de alta probabilidad
Generalized conditioned reinforcer. o secuencia de alta probabilidad.
Noun. Reforzador condicionado High-probability sequence. Noun.
generalizado. Secuencia de peticiones de alta probabilidad
Generalized imitation. Noun. Imitacin o secuencia de alta probabilidad.
generalizada. Higher order operants. Noun. Operantes
Generalized matching law. Noun. Ley de de orden superior.
igualacin generalizada. Higher-order class of behavior. Noun.
Generalized matching. Noun. Igualacin Clase de conducta de orden superior.
generalizada. Higher-order conditioning. Noun.
Generalized reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador Condicionamiento de orden superior.
generalizado. Higher-order schedule. Noun. Programa
Generalized social reinforcement. Noun. de orden superior.
Reforzador social generalizado.
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History of reinforcement. Noun. Historia Individually based contingencies. Noun.

de reforzamiento. Contingencias centradas en el individuo.
Homogenous chains schedule. Noun. Induction of capabilities. Noun.
Programa de cadenas homogneas. Induccin de capacidades.
Hypothesis. Noun. Hiptesis. Induction. Noun. Induccin.
Hypothetical construct. Noun. Constructo Inelastic demand. Noun. Demanda
hipottico. inflexible.
Hypothetico-deductive method. Noun. Informative stimulus. Noun. Estmulo
Mtodo hipottico-deductivo. informativo.
Informed consent. Noun. Consentimiento
Identity. Noun. Identidad. informado.
Identity matching. Noun. Igualacin por Inhibitory gradient. Noun. Gradiente
identidad. inhibitorio.
Imitation. Noun. Imitacin. Inhibitory stimulus. Noun. Estmulo
Imitative reinforcers. Noun. Reforzadores inhibitorio.
imitativos. Initial links. Noun. Conexiones iniciales.
Impulsive choice. Noun. Eleccin Instructional control. Noun. Control por
impulsiva. instrucciones.
Impulsiveness or impulsivity. Noun. Instructional setting. Noun. Contexto en
Impulsividad. el que se reciben instrucciones.
Impure mand. Noun. Mando impuro. Instrumental behavior. Noun. Conducta
Impure tact. Noun. Tacto impuro. instrumental.
In vivo desensitization. Noun. Instrumental learning. Noun. Aprendizaje
Desensibilizacin in vivo. instrumental.
Incentive. Noun. Incentivo. Intensity. Noun. Intensidad.
Incidental chaining or incidental Intensive behavioral intervention. Noun.
reinforcement. Noun. Encadenamiento Intervencin conductual intensiva.
incidental o reforzamiento incidental. Intentional learning. Noun. Aprendizaje
Incidental language training. Noun. instrumental.
Entrenamiento en lenguaje incidental. Interdependent group contingency. Noun.
Incidental learning. Noun. Aprendizaje Contingencia grupal interdependiente.
incidental. Interdependent schedules. Noun.
Incidental teaching. Noun. Enseanza Programas de reforzamiento
incidental. interdependientes.
Incompatible behavior. Noun. Conducta Interim behavior. Noun. Conducta
incompatible. intermedia.
Independent group contingency. Noun. Interlocking schedule. Noun. Programa
Contingencia grupal independiente. entrelazado.
Independent variable. Noun. Variable Intermittent reinforcement. Noun.
independiente. Reforzamiento intermitente.
Indirect functional assessment. Noun. Intermittent schedule of reinforcement.
Evaluacin funcional indirecta. Noun. Programa de reforzamiento
Indirect measurement. Noun. Medida intermitente.
indirecta. Internal validity. Noun. Validez interna.
Indirect measures. Noun. Medidas Interobserver agreement (IOA). Noun.
indirectas. Acuerdo entre observadores (AEO).
Indiscriminable contingency. Noun. Interobserver reliability. Noun.
Contingencia no discriminable. Fiabilidad entre observadores.
Individualized education plan Noun. Plan Interoceptive conditioning. Noun.
educativo individualizado. Condicionamiento interoceptivo.

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Interperse. Verb. Intercalar. Latency. Noun. Latencia.

Interpersed. Adj. Intercalados. Latency-based functional analysis. Noun.
Interrater agreement. Noun. Acuerdo Anlisis funcional de latencia.
entre observadores. Law of effect. Noun. Ley del efecto.
Interrater reliability. Noun. Fiabilidad Law of exercise. Noun. Ley del ejercicio.
interjueces. Law of intensity magnitude. Noun. Ley
Interreinforcement interval (IRI). Noun. de la intensidad.
Intervalo entre reforzadores (IER). Law of latency. Noun. Ley de la latencia.
Interresponse time (IRT). Noun. Tiempo Law of threshold. Noun. Ley del umbral.
entre respuestas (TER). Learn unit context. Noun. Contexto de la
Interresponse time theory. Noun. Teora unidad de aprendizaje.
del tiempo entre respuestas. Learn unit. Noun. Unidad de aprendizaje.
Interrupted chain. Noun. Cadena Learn units to criterion. Noun. Unidades
interrumpida. de aprendizaje hasta alcanzar el criterio.
Intertrial interval (ITI). Noun. Intervalo Learned helplessness. Noun. Indefensin
entre ensayos (IEE). aprendida.
Interval differential reinforcement of low Learning. Noun. Aprendizaje.
rates. Noun. Reforzamiento diferencial de Learning set. Noun. Disposicin de
intervalo de tasas bajas. aprendizaje.
Interval interobserver agreement. Noun. Least-to-most prompting. Noun. Ayuda
Acuerdo entre observadores (AEO) de de menos a ms o progresiva.
intervalos. Level system. Noun. Sistema de niveles.
Interval recording. Noun. Registro de Level. Noun. Nivel.
intervalos. Limited hold. Noun. Espera limitada.
Interval schedule. Noun. Programa de Line graph. Noun. Grfica de lnea.
reforzamiento de intervalo. Linear interval scale Noun. Escala lineal
Interval-by-interval interobserver de intervalos.
agreement (IOA). Noun. Acuerdo entre Listener behavior. Noun. Conducta de
observadores (AEO) intervalo a intervalo. oyente.
Intervention package. Noun. Paquete de Listener component of naming. Noun.
intervencin. Componente de oyente del naming o
Intra-stimulus prompt. Noun. Ayuda componente de oyente del repertorio de
intraestmulo. denominacin.
Intradimensional training. Noun. Listener literacy. Noun. Literalidad del
Entrenamiento intradimensional. oyente.
Intraverbal. Noun. Intraverbal. Listener training Noun. Entrenamiento de
Intrinsic reinforcement. Noun. oyente.
Reforzamiento intrnseco. Listener. Noun. Oyente.
Intrinsic reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador Local rate or local response rate. Noun.
intrnseco. Tasa local o tasa de respuesta local.
Intrinsic variability. Noun. Variabilidad Logical positivism. Noun. Positivismo
intrnseca. lgico.
Irreversibility. Noun. Irreversibilidad. Long-delay conditioning. Noun.
Condicionamiento de demora prolongada.
Joint attention. Noun. Atencin conjunta. Logarithmic interval scale. Noun. Escala
Joint stimulus control. Noun. Control de logartmica de intervalos.
estmulo combinado. Loose teaching. Noun. Enseanza laxa.

Lag reinforcement schedule. Noun. Magazine training. Noun. Entrenamiento

Programa de reforzamiento de respuesta de comedero.
diferencial. Magnitude. Noun. Magnitud.
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Maintenance. Noun. Mantenimiento. Modeling. Noun. Modelado.

Mand. Verb. Mandar. Molar and molecular analyses. Noun.
Mand. Noun. Mando. Anlisis molar y molecular.
Manipulandum. Noun. Manipulando. Molar. Noun. Molar.
Masking. Noun. Enmascaramiento. Molar theory. Noun. Teora molar.
Massed learn units. Noun. Unidades Molecular theory. Noun. Teora
masivas de aprendizaje. molecular.
Massed practice. Noun. Prctica masiva. Molecular. Noun. Molecular.
Mastery criteria. Noun. Criterio de Momentary deprivation. Noun. Privacin
adquisicin. momentnea.
Match-to-sample responding. Noun. Momentary differential reinforcement of
Respuestas de igualacin a la muestra. other behavior (DRO). Noun.
Matching. Noun. Igualacin. Reforzamiento diferencial de otras
Matching law. Noun. Ley de igualacin. conductas (RDO) momentneo.
Matching to sample. Noun. Igualacin a la Momentary maximization theory. Noun.
muestra. Teora de maximizacin momentnea.
Maximizing. Noun. Maximizacin. Momentary maximizing. Noun.
Mean count-per-interval interobserver Maximizacin momentnea.
agreement (IOA). Noun. Acuerdo entre Momentary time sampling. Noun.
observadores (AEO) de nmero medio de Muestreo momentneo.
respuestas por intervalo. Most-to-least prompting. Noun. Ayuda de
Mean duration-per-occurrence ms a menos o regresiva.
interobserver agreement (IOA). Noun. Motivating operation. Noun. Operacin
Acuerdo entre observadores (AEO) de motivacional.
duracin media por ocurrencia. Multi-element design. Noun. Diseo
Measurement bias. Noun. Sesgo de multielemento.
medida. Multiple baseline across behaviors. Noun.
Measurement by permanent product. Lnea-base mltiple con varias conductas.
Noun. Medida mediante productos Multiple baseline across settings. Noun.
permanentes. Lnea-base mltiple con varios contextos.
Mechner notation. Noun. Notacin de Multiple baseline across subjects. Noun.
Mechner. Lnea-base mltiple con varios sujetos.
Mediating behavior. Noun. Conducta Multiple baseline design. Noun. Diseo
mediadora. de Lnea-base mltiple.
Melioration. Noun. Mejora. Multiple control. Noun. Control mltiple.
Mentalism. Noun. Mentalismo. Multiple exemplar instruction. Noun.
Mentalistic. Adj. Mentalista. Instruccin con ejemplares mltiples.
Metacontingencies. Noun. Multiple exemplar training. Noun.
Metacontingencias. Entrenamiento en ejemplares mltiples.
Metaphorical extension. Noun. Extensin Multiple function (stimulus). Noun.
metafrica. Funciones mltiples (de un estmulo).
Metaphysical behaviorism. Noun. Multiple probe design. Noun. Diseo de
Conductismo metafsico. sondeos mltiples.
Methodological behaviorism. Noun. Multiple schedule. Noun. Programa
Conductismo metodolgico. mltiple.
Metonymical extension. Noun. Extensin Multiple stimulus preference assessment.
metonmica. Noun. Evaluacin de preferencias de
Mixed schedule. Noun. Programas mixtos. estmulos mltiples.
Model prompt. Noun. Ayuda de Multiple treatment interference. Noun.
modelado. Interferencia por tratamientos mltiples.
Model. Verb. Modelar.
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Multiple treatment reversal design. Noun. Normalization. Noun. Normalizacin.

Diseo de reversin de tratamientos
mltiples. Observation period. Noun. Periodo de
Multiple-stimulus wihtout replacement observacin.
preference assessment Noun. Evaluacin Observational learning. Noun.
de preferencias de estmulos mltiples sin Aprendizaje observacional.
reposicin. Observed value. Noun. Valor observado.
Mutual entailment. Noun. Vinculacin Observer drift. Noun. Deriva del
mutua. observador.
Observer reactivity. Noun. Reactividad
Naive observer. Noun. Observador del observador.
inexperto. Observing response. Noun. Respuesta de
Name. Verb. Denominar. observacin.
Naming. Noun. Denominacin o naming. Occurrrence/non-occurrence
Natural concept. Noun. Concepto natural. interobserver agreement. Noun. Acuerdo
Natural reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador entre observadores (AEO) de ocurrencia/no
natural. ocurrencia.
Natural setting. Noun. Contexto natural. Oddity procedure. Noun. Procedimiento
Naturalistic language intervention. Noun. de diferencias.
Intervencin en lenguaje en el contexto Omission training. Noun. Entrenamiento
natural. en omisin.
Naturally existing contingency. Noun. Omission. Noun. Omisin.
Contingencia natural. On-task behavior. Noun. Comportamiento
Negative automaintenance. Noun. centrado en la tarea.
Automantenimiento negativo. One-factor theory. Noun. Teora de un
Negative contrast. Noun. Contraste factor.
negativo. One-party contract. Noun. Contrato de
Negative practice. Noun. Prctica una parte.
negativa. Ontogenetic. Noun. Ontogentico.
Negative punisher. Noun. Estmulo Ontogeny. Noun. Ontogenia.
aversivo negativo. Open economy. Noun. Economa abierta.
Negative punishment. Noun. Castigo Operandum test. Noun. Prueba del
negativo. operandum.
Negative reinforcement. Noun. Operant. Adj. Operante.
Reforzamiento negativo. Operant agression. Noun. Agresin
Negative reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador operante.
negativo. Operant behavior. Noun. Conducta
Negative stimulus. Noun. Estmulo operante.
negativo. Operant chamber. Noun. Caja operante.
Neutral stimulus. Noun. Estmulo neutro. Operant class. Noun. Clase operante.
Noncontingent escape. Noun. Escape no Operant conditioning. Noun.
contingente. Condicionamiento operante.
Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR). Operant imitation. Noun. Imitacin
Noun. Reforzamiento no contingente operante.
(RNC). Operant level. Noun. Nivel operante.
Nondifferential training. Noun. Operant selection. Noun. Seleccin
Entrenamiento no diferencial. operante.
Nondiscriminated avoidance. Noun. Operant variability. Noun. Variabilidad
Evitacin no discriminada. operante.
Nonexclusionary time-out. Noun. Operational definition. Noun. Definicin
Tiempo-fuera sin exclusin. operacional.
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Opportunity-to-respond. Noun. Peak procedure. Noun. Procedimiento de

Oportunidad de responder. tiempo en punto.
Optimization theory. Noun. Teora de la Peak shift. Noun. Cambio del pico de
optimizacin. discriminacin.
Optimizing. Noun. Optimizacin. Percentage reinforcement. Noun.
Organizational behavior management. Porcentaje de reforzamiento.
Noun. Gestin del comportamiento Percentage. Noun. Porcentaje.
organizacional. Percentile schedule. Noun. Programa de
Overall response rate. Noun. Tasa de percentiles.
respuesta global. Percentile-reinforcement schedule. Noun.
Overcorrection. Noun. Sobrecorreccin. Programa de reforzamiento de percentiles.
Overexpectation effect. Noun. Efecto de Performance. Noun. Desempeo.
la expectativa elevada. Performance behaviors. Noun. Conductas
Overmatching. Noun. Sobreigualacin. de desempeo.
Overselectivity. Noun. Sobreselectividad. Permanent product recording. Noun.
Overshadowing. Noun. Registro de productos de conducta.
Ensombrecimiento. Personalized system of instruction. Noun.
Overt behavior. Noun. Conducta Sistema personalizado de instruccin.
manifiesta. Perspective taking skills. Noun.
Habilidades de toma de perspectiva.
Paced respose. Noun. Respuesta Phase change lines. Noun. Lneas de
acompasada. cambio de fase.
Paired-stimulus preference assessment Philosophic doubt. Noun. Duda filosfica.
Noun. Evaluacin de preferencias por pares. Phylogenic. Noun. Filogentico.
Pairing. Noun. Emparejamiento o Phylogeny. Noun. Filogenia.
apareamiento. Physical guidance. Noun. Gua fsica.
Pairwise preference assessment. Noun. Physical prompt. Noun. Ayuda fsica.
Evaluacin de preferencias por pares. Physical restraint. Noun. Contencin
Paralell contract. Noun. Contrato fsica.
paralelo. Picture exchange communication system
Parametric analysis. Noun. Anlisis (PECS). Noun. Sistema de comunicacin
paramtrico. por intercambio de imgenes (PECS).
Parametric design. Noun. Diseo Picture prompt. Noun. Ayuda visual.
paramtrico. Pilot research. Noun. Investigacin piloto.
Parroting. Noun. Repeticin preecoica, Pivotal behavior. Noun. Conducta
cotorrear o repetir como un loro. pivotante.
Parsimony. Noun. Parsimonia. Pivotal learning Noun. Aprendizaje de
Partial interval recording. Noun. Registro resorte.
de intervalo parcial. Pivotal response Noun. Respuesta resorte
Partial reinforcement effect. Noun. o respuesta pivote.
Efecto del reforzamiento parcial. Placebo control. Noun. Control mediante
Partial-interval recording. Noun. placebo.
Registro de intervalo parcial. Placebo effect. Noun. Efecto placebo.
Partition time-out. Noun. Tiempo-fuera Planned activity check. Noun.
por particin del contexto. Comprobacin de actividad programada.
Passive avoidance. Noun. Evitacin Planned ignoring. Noun. Ignorar
pasiva. programado.
Pattern analysis. Noun. Anlisis de Point-to response. Noun. Respuesta de
patrones. sealar.
Pavlovian conditioning. Noun. Point-to-point correspondence. Noun.
Condicionamiento pavloviano. Correspondencia precisa. Tambin
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variaciones del verbo compuesto coincidir Preratio pausing. Noun. Pausa

punto por punto. posreforzamiento o pausa previa a la razn
Polymorphus stimulus class. Noun. Clase de reforzamiento.
de estmulo polimorfa. Prerequisite behavior. Noun. Conducta
Positive behavior support. Noun. Apoyo prerrequisita.
conductual positivo. Presence-absence training. Noun.
Positive contrast. Noun. Contraste Entrenamiento en presencia-ausencia.
positivo. Primary aversive stimuli. Noun. Estmulo
Positive practice overcorrection. Noun. aversivo primario.
Sobrecorreccin con prctica positiva. Primary laws of reflex. Noun. Leyes
Positive practice. Noun. Prctica positiva. primarias de la conducta refleja.
Positive punisher. Noun. Estmulo Primary reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador
aversivo positivo. primario.
Positive punishment. Noun. Castigo Principle of behavior. Noun. Principio de
positivo. conducta.
Positive reinforcement. Noun. Private behavior. Noun. Conducta
Reforzamiento positivo. privada.
Positive reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador Private events. Noun. Evento privado.
positivo. Probability of response. Noun.
Positive stimulus. Noun. Estmulo Probabilidad de respuesta.
positivo. Probabilistic stimulus class. Noun. Clase
Postdiscrimination gradient. Noun. de estmulo probabilstica.
Gradiente de posdiscriminacin. Probe multiple baseline design. Noun.
Postreinforcement pause. Noun. Pausa Diseo de Lnea-base mltiple por sondeos.
posreforzamiento. Probe. Noun. Sondeo o medida de sondeo.
Potentiation. Noun. Potenciacin. Procedural fidelity. Noun. Fidelidad del
Practice effects. Noun. Efectos de prctica. tratamiento.
Precision teaching. Noun. Enseanza de Procedural integrity. Noun. Integridad del
precisin. procedimiento.
Precurrent behavior. Noun. Conducta Procedure of fixed-outcome shaping.
antecesora. Noun. Procedimiento de moldeamiento de
Precurrent contingency. Noun. efectos fijos.
Contingencia antecesora. Procedure of variable-outcome shaping.
Precursor behavior. Noun. Conducta Noun. Procedimiento de moldeamiento de
precursora. efectos variables.
Prediction. Noun. Prediccin. Product recording. Noun. Registro de
Predictive stimulus. Noun. Estmulo productos de conducta.
predictivo. Programmed instruction. Noun.
Preference assessment. Noun. Evaluacin Instruccin programada.
de preferencias. Programming common stimuli. Noun.
Pre-listener. Noun. Preoyente. Programacin de estmulos comunes.
Premack principle. Noun. Principio de Progressive muscular relaxation. Noun.
Premack. Relajacin muscular progresiva.
Preparatory response Noun. Conducta Progressive schedule. Noun. Programa de
preparatoria. reforzamiento progresivo.
Preparedness. Noun. Preparacin. Progressive-interval schedule. Noun.
Preratio pause. Noun. Pausa Programa progresivo de intervalo.
posreforzamiento o pausa previa a la razn Progressive-ratio schedules. Noun.
de reforzamiento. Programa progresivo de razn.

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Progressive-time schedules. Noun. Rate of response. Noun. Tasa de

Programa progresivo de tiempo. respuesta.
Prompt delay. Noun. Demora de la ayuda Rate. Noun. Tasa.
o ayuda demorada. Ratio run. Noun. Incremento de respuesta
Prompt dependency. Noun. Dependencia asociado a programas de razn.
de la ayuda o el instigador. Ratio schedule. Noun. Programa de
Prompt fading. Noun. Desvanecimiento reforzamiento de razn.
de la ayuda. Ratio strain. Noun. Forzar la razn.
Prompt. Noun. Ayuda. Reaction chain. Noun. Cadena de
Prompt. Verb. Ayudar. reaccin.
Property destruction Noun. Destruccin Reactivity. Noun. Reactividad.
de objetos. Reader immersion. Noun. Inmersin del
Prosthetic reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador lector.
artificial. Reader. Noun. Lector.
Prosthetic stimulus. Noun. Estmulo Real-time recording. Noun. Registro en
artificial. tiempo real.
Pseudoconditioning. Noun. Reciprocal contingency. Noun.
Pseudocondicionamiento. Contingencia recproca.
Pseudotrial. Noun. Pseudoensayo. Recording. Noun. Registro.
Psychological behaviorism. Noun. Recovery from punishment procedure.
Conductismo psicolgico. Noun. Recuperacin de un procedimiento
Public behavior. Noun. Conducta pblica. de castigo.
Public event. Noun. Evento pblico. Redirection. Noun. Correccin.
Punish. Verb. Castigar. Reflex. Noun. Reflejo.
Punisher. Noun. Castigo, estmulo Reflexive aggression. Noun. Agresin
aversivo o estmulo punitivo. refleja.
Punishment contingency. Noun. Reflexive conditioned motivating
Contingencia de castigo. operation. Noun. Operacin motivadora
Punishment. Noun. Castigo. condicionada reflexiva.
Pure mands. Noun. Mando puro. Reflexive relation or reflexivity. Noun.
Pure tacts. Noun. Tacto puro. Reflexibilidad o relacin reflexiva.
Regression. Noun. Regresin.
Quantitative law of effect. Noun. Ley del Regulated breathing. Noun. Respiracin
efecto cuantitativa. regulada.
Quid pro quo contract. Noun. Contrato Reification. Noun. Reificacin o
quid pro quo. cosificacin.
Reinforce. Verb. Reforzar.
Radical behaviorism. Noun. Conductismo Reinforcement. Noun. Reforzamiento.
radical. Reinforcement contingency. Noun.
Random-interval schedule. Noun. Contingencia de reforzamiento.
Programa de intervalo aleatorio. Reinforcement function. Noun. Funcin
Random-ratio schedule. Noun. Programa de reforzamiento.
de razn aleatoria. Reinforcement rate. Noun. Tasa de
Rapid motor imitation. Noun. Imitacin reforzamiento.
motora rpida. Reinforcement relativity. Noun.
Rate dependency. Noun. Dependencia de Relatividad del reforzamiento.
la tasa. Reinforcement schedule. Noun. Programa
Rate of reinforcement. Noun. Tasa de de reforzamiento.
reforzamiento. Reinforcer assessment. Noun. Evaluacin
Rate of responding. Noun. Tasa de de reforzadores.
respuesta.
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Reinforcer delay. Noun. Demora del Respondent behavior. Noun. Conducta

reforzador. respondiente.
Reinforcer magnitude. Noun. Magnitud Respondent conditioning. Noun.
del reforzador. Condicionamiento respondiente.
Reinforcer ratio. Noun. Razn del Respondent discrimination. Noun.
reforzador. Discriminacin respondiente.
Reinforcer-abolishing effect. Noun. Respondent extinction. Noun. Extincin
Efecto abolidor del reforzador. respondiente.
Reinforcer-establishing effect. Noun. Respondent generalization. Noun.
Efecto de establecimiento del reforzador. Generalizacin respondiente.
Reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador. Respondent level. Noun. Nivel
Relational autoclitic. Noun. Autocltico respondiente.
relacional. Respondent acquisition. Noun.
Relational discrimination or relational Adquisicin respondiente.
learning. Noun. Discriminacin relacional Response. Noun. Respuesta.
o aprendizaje relacional. Response adduction. Noun. Aduccin de
Relational frame. Noun. Marco relacional. respuesta.
Relational theory of stimulus control. Response allocation. Noun. Distribucin
Noun. Teora relacional del control de de respuesta.
estmulo. Response blocking. Noun. Bloqueo de
Relational-frame theory. Noun. Teora de respuesta.
los marcos relacionales. Response chain. Noun. Cadena de
Relative rate of reinforcement. Noun. respuestas.
Tasa relativa de reforzamiento. Response class. Noun. Clase de respuestas.
Relative rate of response. Noun. Tasa Response competition. Noun.
relativa de respuesta. Competicin entre respuestas.
Relative rate. Noun. Tasa relativa. Response cost. Noun. Coste de respuesta.
Relative stimulus control. Noun. Control Response deprivation theory. Noun.
de estmulo relativo. Teora de la privacin de respuesta.
Relaxation training. Noun. Entrenamiento Response deprivation. Noun. Privacin de
en relajacin. respuesta.
Relevance of behavior rule. Noun. Response differenciation. Noun.
Relevancia de la regla de conducta. Diferenciacin de respuesta.
Reliability. Noun. Fiabilidad o Response effort. Noun. Esfuerzo de
confiabilidad. respuesta.
Repeatability. Noun. Replicabilidad. Response generalizatrion. Noun.
Repeated acquisition. Noun. Adquisicin Generalizacin de la respuesta.
repetida. Response hierarchy. Noun. Jerarqua de
Repertoire. Noun. Repertorio. respuestas.
Replacement behavior. Noun. Conducta Response induction. Noun. Induccin de
de sustitucin. respuesta.
Replication. Noun. Replicacin. Response latency. Noun. Latencia de
Rescorla-Wagner model. Noun. Modelo respuesta.
Rescorla-Wagner. Response maintenance. Noun.
Research design. Noun. Diseo de Mantenimiento de la respuesta.
investigacin. Response omission. Noun. Omisin de
Resistance to change. Noun. Resistencia respuesta.
al cambio. Response prompt. Noun. Ayuda a la
Resistance to extinction. Noun. respuesta.
Resistencia a la extincin. Response rate. Noun. Tasa de respuesta.
Respondent. Adj. Respondiente.
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Response-restriction preference Schedule control. Noun. Control del

assessment. Noun. Evaluacin de programa.
preferencias con restriccin de respuesta. Schedule of reinforcement. Noun.
Response strength. Noun. Intensidad o Programa de reforzamiento.
fuerza de la respuesta. Schedule thinning. Noun. Aligeramiento
Response topography. Noun. Topografa del programa de reforzamiento.
de respuesta. Schedule-induced behavior. Noun.
Response-deprivation hypothesis. Noun. Conducta inducida por el programa.
Hiptesis de la privacin de respuesta. Schedule. Noun. Programa.
Response-independent reinforcer. Noun. Science of behavior. Noun. Ciencia de la
Reforzador independiente de la respuesta. conducta.
Response-reinforcer correlation theory. Script fading. Noun. Desvanecimiento de
Noun. Teora de la correlacin respuesta- guiones.
reforzador. Script. Noun. Guin.
Response-shock (R-S) interval. Noun. Second-order conditioning. Noun.
Intervalo respuesta-descarga. Condicionamiento de segundo orden.
Responses per minute. Noun. Respuestas Second-order schedule. Noun. Programa
por minuto. de segundo orden.
Restitutional overcorrection. Noun. Secondary reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador
Sobrecorreccin restitutiva. secundario.
Resurgence. Noun. Resurgimiento. See-write. Noun. Ver y escribir.
Retention interval. Noun. Intervalo de Selection by consequences. Noun.
retencin. Seleccin por consecuencias.
Reversal design. Noun. Diseo de Selectionism. Noun. Seleccionismo.
reversin. Self-contract. Noun. Contrato
Reversal technique. Noun. Tcnica de autoaplicado.
reversin. Self-control choice. Noun. Eleccin de
Role-play. Noun. Ensayo conductual o autocontrol.
role-play. Self-control. Noun. Autocontrol.
Rule-governed behavior. Noun. Conducta Self-editing. Noun. Autoedicin.
gobernada por reglas. Self-evaluation. Noun. Autoevaluacin.
Run of response. Noun. Incremento de Self-generated mediator of generalization.
respuesta. Noun. Mediador de generalizacin.
Running rate. Noun. Tasa de respuesta en Self-injurious behavior. Noun. Conducta
incremento. autolesiva.
Self-injury. Noun. Autolesin.
Salience. Noun. Prominencia. Self-instruction. Noun. Autoinstruccin.
Salient. Adj. Saliente o prominente. Self-instructional training. Noun.
Sameness. Noun. Igualacin multimodal. Entrenamiento con autoinstrucciones.
Sample stimulus. Noun. Muestra de Self-management. Noun. Gestin o
estmulos. promocin de la autonoma o de la
Sample-specific behavior. Noun. autonoma personal.
Conducta especfica de la muestra. Self-monitoring o self-recording. Noun.
Satiation. Noun. Saciedad. Autorregistro.
Say and do correspondence. Noun. Self-paced. Adj. Autodirigido.
Correspondencia decir-hacer. Self-praise. Verb. Felicitarse o elogiarse.
Scallop. Noun. Festn. Self-reinforcement. Noun.
Scalloping. Noun. Respuesta con patrn Autoreforzamiento.
festoneado. Self-stimulatory behavior. Noun.
Scatterplot. Noun. Grfica de dispersin. Conducta autoestimulada o
autoestimulatoria.
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Self-talk conversational units. Noun. Single-subject research. Noun.

Unidades conversacionales de autohabla. Investigacin de caso nico.
Self-talk to govern other behavior. Noun. Skinner box. Noun. Caja de Skinner.
Autohabla para gobernar otras conductas. Social referencing. Noun. Referenciacin
Semilogarithmic chart. Noun. Grfica social.
semilogartmica. Social reinforcers. Noun. Reforzadores
Sense modality. Noun. Modalidad sociales.
sensorial. Social validity. Noun. Validez social.
Sensitization. Noun. Sensibilizacin. Solecistic extension. Noun. Extensin por
Sensory extinction. Noun. Extincin solecismo.
sensorial. Spaced-responding differential
Sensory preconditioning. Noun. reinforcement of low rates. Noun.
Precondicionamiento sensorial. Reforzamiento diferencial de tasas bajas de
Sequelic. Noun. Seculico. respuestas espaciadas.
Sequence analysis. Noun. Anlisis de Speaker component of naming. Noun.
secuencias. Componente de hablante del naming o
Sequence effect. Noun. Efectos de componente de hablante del repertorio de
secuencia. denominacin.
Serendipity. Noun. Serendipia. Speaker inmersion. Noun. Inmersin del
Setting event. Noun. Evento de ajuste. hablante.
Shadow. Verb. Sombrear. Speaker-as-own-listener. Noun. Hablante
Shadowing. Noun. Sombreado. actuando como su propio oyente.
Shaping. Noun. Moldeamiento. Speaker-listener exchanges. Noun.
Shock-shock interval. Noun. Intervalo Intercambios hablante-oyente.
descarga-descarga. Speaker. Noun. Hablante.
Short-circuiting the contingency. Noun. Specification. Noun. Especificacin.
Ignorar la contingencia. Split-middle line progress. Noun. Lnea
Short-delay conditioning. Noun. de tendencia de mitad dividida.
Condicionamiento de demora corta. Spontaneous imitation. Noun. Imitacin
Shuttle box. Noun. Caja de saltos. espontnea.
Sidman avoidance task. Noun. Tarea de Spontaneous recovery. Noun.
evitacin de Sidman. Recuperacin espontnea.
Sign language. Noun. Lenguaje de signos. Stable baseline. Noun. Lnea-base estable.
Sign topographies. Noun. Topografa de Standard celeration chart. Noun. Grfica
signos del lenguaje. de aceleracin estndar.
Sign-tracking theory. Noun. Teora del Steady-state responding. Noun. Estado
seguimiento de signos. estable de respuesta.
Sign-tracking. Noun. Seguimiento de Steady-state strategy. Noun. Ley de
signos. valores iniciales.
Sign. Noun. Signo. Steady state. Noun. Nivel estable.
Simple baseline design. Noun. Diseo de Steady-state performance. Noun.
Lnea-base sencilla. Ejecucin de nivel estable.
Simultaneous conditioning. Noun. Stereotypy. Noun. Estereotipia.
Condicionamiento simultneo. Stimulus, stimuli. Noun. Estmulo,
Simultaneous discrimination procedure. estmulos.
Noun. Procedimiento de discriminacin Stimulus class. Noun. Clase de estmulo.
simultnea. Stimulus continuum. Noun. Continuum
Simultaneous discrimination. Noun. de estimulo.
Discriminacin simultnea. Stimulus control. Noun. Control de
Simultaneous stimulus prompts. Noun. estmulo.
Ayuda de estmulo simultnea.
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Stimulus delta (S-delta). Noun. Estmulo Summation. Noun. Suma.

delta. Superstition. Noun. Supersticin.
Stimulus discrimination. Noun. Superstitious behavior. Noun. Conducta
Discriminacin de estmulo. supersticiosa.
Stimulus discrimination training. Noun. Surrogate conditioned motivating
Entrenamiento en discriminacin de operation. Noun. Operacin motivacional
estmulos. condicionada de sustitucin.
Stimulus equivalence. Noun. Equivalencia Symbolic matching. Noun. Igualacin
de estmulo. simblica.
Stimulus exemplars. Noun. Ejemplares Symmetrical relation. Noun. Relacin de
mltiples. simetra.
Stimulus fading. Noun. Desvanecimiento Symmetry. Noun. Simetra.
de estmulos. System of least prompts. Noun. Sistema
Stimulus function. Noun. Funcin de de ayudas mnimas.
estmulo. Systematic desensitization. Noun.
Stimulus generalization. Noun. Desensibilizacin sistemtica.
Generalizacin de estmulo. Systematic replication. Noun. Replicacin
Stimulus generalization gradient. Noun. sistemtica.
Gradiente de generalizacin de estmulo.
Stimulus preference assessment. Noun. Tact. Verb. Tactar.
Evaluacin de preferencias de estmulo. Tact. Noun. Tacto.
Stimulus prompt. Noun. Ayuda al Tandem schedule. Noun. Programa
estmulo. tndem.
Stimulus relation. Noun. Relacin de Target behavior. Noun. Conducta de
estmulo. inters o conducta objetivo.
Stimulus satiation. Noun. Saciedad de Task analysis. Noun. Anlisis de tareas.
estmulo. Taste aversion. Noun. Aversin al sabor o
Stimulus shaping. Noun. Moldeamiento condicionamiento aversivo-gustativo.
de estmulos. Teaching loosely. Noun. Enseaza sin
Stimulus substitution theory. Noun. rigor.
Teora de sustitucin de estmulos. Teaching sufficient examples. Noun.
Stimulus substitution. Noun. Sustitucin Suficientes ejemplos de enseanza.
de estmulo. Temporal conditioning. Noun.
Stimulus superimposition. Noun. Sobre Condicionamiento temporal.
imposicin de estmulo. Temporal contiguity. Noun. Contigidad
Stimulus-generalization gradient. Noun. temporal.
Gradiente de generalizacin de estmulo. Temporal discounting. Noun.
Stimulus-response chain. Noun. Cadena Devaluacin temporal.
de conductas. Temporal discrimination. Noun.
Stimulus-stimulus pairing. Noun. Discriminacin temporal.
Emparejamiento estmulo-estmulo o Temporal extent. Noun. Extensin
apareamiento estmulo-estmulo. temporal.
Stimulus. Noun. Estmulo. Temporal integration. Noun. Integracin
Strength. Noun. Intensidad de la respuesta. temporal.
Succesive approximations. Noun. Temporal locus. Noun. Locus temporal.
Aproximaciones sucesivas. Terminal behavior. Noun. Conducta final.
Successive discrimination procedure. Terminal link. Noun. Eslabn final.
Noun. Procedimiento de discriminacin Terminal rate. Noun. Razn final.
sucesiva. Textual. Noun. Textual.
Successive discrimination. Noun. Textual prompt. Noun. Ayuda textual.
Discriminacin sucesiva.
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Textual responding. Noun. Respuesta Transfer of stimulus control. Noun.

textual. Transferencia del control de estmulo.
Three-term contingency. Noun. Transfer. Noun. Transferencia.
Contingencia de tres trminos. Transformation of functions. Noun.
Time delay. Noun. Demora. Transformacin de funciones.
Time sampling o time sample recording Transition state. Noun. Estado transitorio.
Noun. Registro de muestreo temporal. Transition-state performance. Noun.
Time schedule. Noun. Programa de Desempeo de estado transitorio.
intervalo. Transitive conditioned motivating
Time-out. Noun. Tiempo-fuera. operation. Noun. Operacin motivacional
Time-out from positive reinforcement. de transitividad condicionada.
Noun. Tiempo-fuera del reforzamiento Transitive relation. Noun. Relacin de
positivo. transitividad.
Time-out ribbon. Noun. Cinta de tiempo- Transitivity. Noun. Transitividad.
fuera. Transposition. Noun. Transposicin.
Titration schedule. Noun. Programa de Treatment acceptability. Noun.
valoracin. Aceptabilidad del tratamiento.
Token economy. Noun. Economa de Treatment drift. Noun. Sentido del
fichas. tratamiento.
Token reinforcement. Noun. Treatment integrity. Noun. Integridad del
Reforzamiento con fichas. tratamiento.
Token reinforcer. Noun. Ficha Trend determination. Noun.
reforzadora. Determinacin de tendencia.
Token. Noun. Ficha. Trend. Noun. Tendencia.
Topographical drift. Noun. Deriva Trial-and-error learning. Noun.
topogrfica. Aprendizaje por ensayo y error.
Topographical response class. Noun. Trial-by-trial interobserver agreement.
Clase topogrfica de respuestas. Noun. Acuerdo entre observadores ensayo a
Topographical tagging. Noun. Etiquetado ensayo.
topogrfico. Trial. Noun. Ensayo.
Topography. Noun. Topografa. Trials to criterion. Noun. Ensayos hasta el
Topography-based definition. Noun. criterio.
Definicin basada en la topografa. True value. Noun. Valor verdadero.
Total count interobserver agreement. Two-factor theory. Noun. Teora de los
Noun. Recuento total del acuerdo entre dos factores.
observadores. Two-key procedure. Noun. Procedimiento
Total duration interobserver agreement. de dos claves.
Noun. Duracin total del acuerdo entre Two-party contract. Noun. Contrato de
observadores. dos partes.
Total task presentation (chaining). Noun. Type I error. Noun. Error tipo I.
Encadenamiento con presentacin completa Type II error. Noun. Error tipo II.
de la tarea.
Total-task chaining. Noun. Unconditional positive reward. Noun.
Encadenamiento de la tarea total. Recompensa positiva incondicionada.
Trace conditioning. Noun. Unconditional reflex. Noun. Reflejo
Condicionamiento de huella. incondicionado.
Tracking. Noun. Rastreo seguimiento. Unconditioned motivating operation.
Trans-situationality. Noun. Noun. Operacin motivacional
Transituacionalidad. incondicionada.
Transcription. Noun. Trascripcin. Unconditioned negative reinforcer. Noun.
Reforzador negativo incondicionado.
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Unconditioned or unconditional response Variable ratio. Noun. Razn variable.

(UR). Noun. Respuesta incondicionada Variable time schedule. Noun. Programa
(RI). de tiempo variable.
Unconditioned punisher. Noun. Estmulo Variable-interval responding. Noun.
aversivo incondicionado. Respuesta de intervalo variable.
Unconditioned reflex. Noun. Reflejo Variable-momentary differential
incondicionado. reinforcement of other behaviour (DRO).
Unconditioned reinforcer. Noun. Noun. Reforzamiento diferencial de otras
Reforzador incondicionado. conductas (RDO) de tiempo variable.
Unconditioned response (UR). Noun. Variable-ratio responding. Noun.
Respuesta incondicionada (RI). Respuesta de razn variable.
Unconditioned stimulus (US) preexposure Variable-time schedule. Noun. Programa
effect. Noun. Efecto de preexposicin del de tiempo variable.
estmulo incondicionado (EI). Variable-time stimulus presentation.
Unconditioned stimulus (US). Noun. Noun. Presentacin del estimulo en tiempo
Estmulo incondicionado (EI). variable.
Undermatching. Noun. Sub-igualacin. Verbal behavior analysis. Noun. Anlisis
Unit of analysis. Noun. Unidad de anlisis. de la conducta verbal.
Unit of measurement. Noun. Unidad de Verbal behavior. Noun. Conducta verbal.
medida. Verbal community. Noun. Comunidad
Unlearned aversive condition. Noun. verbal.
Condicin aversiva no aprendida. Verbal discrimination. Noun.
Unlearned reinforcer. Noun. Reforzador Discriminacin verbal.
no aprendido. Verbal episode. Noun. Episodio verbal.
Unpairing. Noun. Desemparejamiento. Verbal functions. Noun. Funciones
Unprompted response. Noun. Respuesta verbales.
autnoma o respuesta sin ayuda. Verbal learning. Noun. Aprendizaje
Unscored-Interval interobserver verbal.
agreement. Noun. Acuerdo entre Verbal mediation for problem solving.
observadores de intervalos no puntuados. Noun. Mediacin verbal para solucin de
problemas.
Validity. Noun. Validez. Verbal operant. Noun. Operante verbal.
Value-altering effect. Noun. Efecto de Verbal prompt. Noun. Ayuda verbal.
alteracin del valor. Verbal recognition. Noun.
Value-altering principle. Noun. Principio Reconocimiento verbal.
del valor alterado. Verbal. Noun. Verbal.
Variability. Noun. Variabilidad. Verbally governed behavior. Noun.
Variable baseline. Noun. Lnea-base Conducta gobernada verbalmente.
variable. Verification. Noun. Verificacin.
Variable interval differential Vicarious learning. Noun. Aprendizaje
reinforcement of other behavior (DRO). vicario.
Noun. Reforzamiento diferencial de otras Video modelling. Noun. Videomodelado.
conductas (RDO) de intervalo variable. Visual analysis or inspection. Noun.
Variable interval schedule of Anlisis visual.
reinforcement (VI). Noun. Programa de Visual prompt. Noun. Ayuda visual.
reforzamiento de intervalo variable (IV). Visual tracking. Noun. Seguimiento
Variable interval. Noun. Intervalo visual.
variable. Vocal behavior. Noun. Conducta vocal.
Variable ratio schedule of reinforcement Vocal topographies. Noun. Topografa
(VR). Noun. Programa de reforzamiento de vocal.
razn variable (RV).
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Vocal verbal behavior. Noun. Conducta Within-stimulus prompt. Noun. Ayuda

verbal vocal. intraestmulo.
Within-subject design. Noun. Diseo
Warning stimulus. Noun. Estmulo de intrasujeto.
aviso o estmulo seal. Writer immersion protocol. Noun.
Whole-interval differential reinforcement Protocolo de inmersin del escritor.
of other behavior (DRO). Noun. Writer immersion. Noun. Inmersin del
Reforzamiento diferencial de otras escritor
conductas (RDO) de intervalo completo. Writer-as-own-reader. Noun. Escritor
Whole-interval recording. Noun. Registro como propio lector.
del intervalo total. Writer. Noun. Escritor.
Withdrawal design. Noun. Diseo de
retirada. Yoked contingencies. Noun.
Within-experiment replication. Noun. Contingencias enyugadas.
Replicacin intraexperimental. Yoked schedules. Noun. Programas
Within-phase replication. Noun. enyugados.
Replicacin dentro de una misma fase. Yoking. Noun. Enyugado.
Within-session replication. Noun.
Replicacin intrasujeto. Zero-second time delay prompt. Noun.
Ayuda sin demora.

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