Basics
Name 3 unconditioned reinforcers
Food
Water
Sleep
oxygen
Warmth
Shelter
Measuring the amount of time between behavioral events in the amount of time takes form a behavior to occur
Latency
signals that reinforcement is available
discriminative stimulus (SD)
Davie is walking through the hall and drops to the ground. He stands up, walks a couple steps, and falls to the floor again. What is the frequency of dropping to the ground?
2
A behavior's resistance to change following an alternation in reinforcement conditions is called
behavior momentum
Name 3 conditioned reinforcers
ipad
toys
Playdoh
reinforcement occurs when something is added
positive reinforcement
This type of reinforcement occurs when the behavior itself produces the reinforcer
Automatic reinforcement
What does ABC stand for?
antecedent, behavior, consequence
Science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variable responsible for change
ABA
What are the four functions of behavior?
Escape
attention
Tangible
Sensory (automatic)
strategy involves withholding reinforcement
extinction
Name three potential (and undesirable) consequences of punishment
Punishment may provide a negative model for children, increase the occurrence of escape/avoidance, and evoke strong emotional and aggressive reactions.
What was the frequency of the student’s “appropriate hand raising behavior”: behavior given she raised her hand twice per hour for the first hour, then none during the second hour.
2
Happens when a desired increase/decrease of a behavior in one set of conditions is accompanied by the undesired increase/decrease of the behavior in unaltered environments
Behavioral contrast
What are the four dimensions of behavior?
frequency
Latency
Duration
Intensity
3 indicator of trustworthy measurement
Validity
Accuracy
reliability
Name an example of an unconditioned punishers
Painful stimuli
Extreme levels of stimulation
Heat and cold
Removal of Unconditioned reinforcer
Why is data collection important?
Measures progress, Evaluate interventions, make data-driven decisions, tailor treatment plans, ensure consistency
the degree to which two or more independent observers report the same observed values after measuring the same events; can be used to determine competence of new observers by comparing their data to that of experienced observers; used to detect observer drift
Interobserver agreement (IOA)
What are the 7 dimensions of ABA?
Applied
Behavioral
Analytic
Technological
Conceptually systematic
Effective
Generality
A mom tells her daughter to brush her hair and then leaves the room. When she comes back, she checks to make sure the tangles are out of her and it's parted to one side. What type of measurement did she use to measure that the hair was actually brushed?
Permanent product recording
Name 2 examples of conditioned punishers
"no"
reprimands
Threats
Warnings
Facial Expressions
Fred engages in 20 instances of yelling during a one hour observation. What was the total duration of the behavior?
undeterminable
Access to high probability behavior is contingent upon the occurrence of low frequency behavior. High probability behavior reinforces low probability behavior
Premack principle