ABCs of Behavior
What do you call data that records what happens immediately before, during, and after an observable action?
ABC Data Collection
The name of the assessment that helps us understand what the potential function of a behavior might be
functional behavior assessment
This continuous measurement records the exact number of times a behavior occurs.
Frequency
The addition of a stimulus that increases the likelihood the behavior will happen again in the future
Positive Reinforcement
This person is known for developing the psychological theory of operant conditioning and pioneering radical behaviorism
B.F Skinner
What does A-B-C stand for?
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
All functions of behavior
Escape, Attention, Tangible, or Automatic
This continuous measurement counts the number of times a behavior occurs per unit of time
Rate
What is a token?
a medium of exchange that could be a symbol, object or item. Overtime, a set number of tokens indicates earning something preferred (break, snack, toy, etc.)
These three behavior analysts published an article that defined the "Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis."
Baer, Wolf, and Risley
This environmental event or stimulus condition triggers a behavior, occurring immediately prior to the response.
Antecedent
Bob does the dishes in order to avoid his mother nagging.
Escape: Negative Reinforcement
In this discontinuous measurement, an individual must engage in the behavior for the ENTIRE duration of the predetermined period for it to be tracked.
Whole-Interval Recording
Example: academic engagement - student must be academically engaged for the entire 10 minute interval to be counted as academically engaged for that interval.
Negative reinforcement occurs when a behavior is followed immediately by the __________ of a stimulus that __________ the future frequency of the behavior in similar conditions.
removal, increases
considered the father of respondent behavior, demonstrating that respondents are elicited or brought out by stimuli that precede them
(clue: Think dogs and bells)
Ivan Pavlov
Identify the consequence in the following scenario:
Billy is walking to the bathroom when he sees a peer in the hallway. Billy decides to rip the peer's hat off his head and run down the hall. The peer yells loudly at Billy and begins chasing him down the hallway. Two teachers come out of their classrooms to see what's happening.
Peer's reaction (yells and chases him) and teachers come out into the hallway.
a communication skill to teach once you know the function of a behavior
Functional Communication Response (FCR) - for example, asking for a break, asking for a hug, etc.
Name a behavior you may take data using a duration measurement
Time in class
Academic Engagement / On task
Time spent tantruming
What behavioral principle is sometimes called Grandma’s Law
Premack Principle (First/Then)
First eat your vegetables, then you can have your ice cream or dessert
This BCBA is widely known for his work with individuals who exhibit severe problem behavior and has opened up the world of ABA to a trauma informed approach, including work done with My Way programming, functional skills training, and other specialized programming
Greg Hanley
Identify the Antecedent in the following scenario:
Johnny is in class working independently without issue. A peer throws a spitball at Johnny. Johnny swears loudly and stands up. The teacher asks Johnny to leave the classroom.
Peer throws a spitball at Johnny
The name of the assessment that involves systematic manipulations of the environment to turn behavior on and off, indicating the function of the behavior.
Functional Analysis (not often conducted in public schools)
This continuous measurement records the amount of time that elapses between the onset of a discriminative stimulus (SD) or instruction and the initiation of the response.
Latency
Eddie works at a vocational setting where he sorts towels. I set up a plan where every five minutes, I will give him praise the first time I see him sort a towel (FR, VR, FI, or VI)
Fixed Interval (FI)
He was widely recognized as the spokesman for the new "stimulus-response" behaviorism.
John B. Watson