ABA Concepts and Principles
This type of reinforcement occurs when a behavior increases because something unpleasant is removed after the behavior.
What is negative reinforcement
This measurement counts how many times a behavior occurs during a specific observation period.
What is frequency (or rate)
This type of reinforcement is delivered after a behavior occurs a set number of times
What is a fixed ratio (FR) schedule of reinforcement
This teaching method involves breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable steps arranged in a sequence.
What is a task analysis
This process involves identifying the function or reason a behavior occurs before designing an intervention.
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
This type of consequence involves adding a stimulus after a behavior that results in the behavior decreasing in the future.
What is positive punishment
This type of recording measures how long a behavior lasts from start to finish.
What is Duration
This type of reinforcement schedule delivers reinforcement after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.
What is a variable interval (VI) schedule of reinforcement
This teaching procedure involves giving a prompt to help a learner respond correctly, then gradually reducing that assistance over time.
What is prompting and fading
This type of intervention changes what happens before a behavior occurs to prevent the behavior from happening in the first place.
What are antecedent interventions
This concept refers to an environmental event or condition that temporarily increases the value of a reinforcer and makes a behavior more likely to occur.
What is a motivating operation
This type of interval recording measures whether the behavior occurred at any point during an interval, even if it only happened once briefly.
What is partial interval
In this differential reinforcement procedure, a replacement behavior is specifically taught and reinforced because it serves the same function as the problem behavior.
What is Differential Reinforcement of Alternative behavior (DRA)
This teaching method involves presenting clear, repeated trials with a distinct beginning and end, often using massed opportunities to teach a target skill.
What is Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
This ethical requirement means behavior analysts must obtain permission from a client or their guardian before starting services or making changes to treatment.
What is informed consent
This process occurs when a behavior that has been previously reinforced increases in frequency, duration, or intensity right after reinforcement is withheld.
What is an extinction burst
This measurement records the time between the end of one behavior and the start of the next occurrence of the same behavior.
What is inter-response time (IRT)
This reinforcement schedule delivers reinforcement after a variable number of responses, making it highly resistant to extinction.
What is a variable ratio (VR) schedule of reinforcement
This teaching strategy involves reinforcing successive steps toward a target behavior while requiring mastery of each step before moving to the next.
What is chaining
This behavior reduction strategy involves reinforcing behaviors that cannot occur at the same time as the problem behavior.
What is Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible behavior (DRI)
This occurs when reinforcement is delivered for responses that are increasingly closer approximations to a target behavior.
What is Shaping
This type of measurement records the exact moment a behavior begins and ends, allowing calculation of both duration and latency from the same data set
What is continuous (real-time) measurement
This reinforcement procedure delivers reinforcement for reductions in a behavior that is already occurring too often, but only if it occurs at or below a predetermined criterion.
What is Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates (DRL)
This teaching approach involves capturing and using naturally occurring opportunities in the environment to teach skills, rather than relying on structured trials.
What is Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
This ethical requirement states that behavior analysts must base their decisions on data and continuously monitor client progress to ensure treatment effectiveness.
What is data-based decision making (or continuous data monitoring)