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EO vs AO

EO raises reinforcer value and evokes behavior; AO lowers value and abates it. Both differ from the SD, which signals availability.

Four verbal operants

Mand (EO, specifies reinforcer), tact (nonverbal stimulus), echoic (point-to-point + formal similarity), intraverbal (verbal antecedent, no correspondence).

Negative punishment

Stimulus removed AND future frequency decreases (e.g. response cost, time-out).