Verbal Behavior
Repetition of or imitation of the words or sounds spoken by another person.
Echoic
The number of times a student engages in a behavior.
Frequency
Asking a child to engage in several high-probablity behaviors before asking the child to engage in a low-probablity behavior.
Behavioral momentum
Client engages in behavior to evade or delay tasks or situations they find undesirable
Escape function
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Parrot
A request or demand to get access to a desired item/ activity/ person/ ect.
Mand
Length of time between instruction to perform the behavior and the occurrences of the behavior
Latency
Decreases the current effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as reinforcement.
Abolishing operations (satiation)
What happens right after a behavior
Consequence
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Grizzly Bear
Label or description or something in the environment.
Tact
Data collection period is divided into equal time intervals. Behavior is recorded at the end of the time interval.
Momentary time sampling
increases the current effectiveness of some stimulus, or event as a reinforcer
(Deprivation) Establishing operations
What happens right before a behavior
Antecedent
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(Humpback) Whale
Responding to another speaker conversationally
Intraverbal
Data collection period is divided into equal intervals. If the behavior occurs for the whole interval a (+) is recorded.
Whole interval recording
A condition or circumstance that, when present, raises the likelihood of problem behavior occurring. Example: Hunger
Setting event
Refers to the focus, acknowledgement, or interaction that an individual seeks from others, including peers, siblings or adults
Attention function
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King cobra
Verbal behavior consists of many operants, including: Mand, tact, echoic, and intraverbal
Verbal operants
Data collection period is divided into equal time intervals. If the behavior occurs at all during the interval a (+) is recorded.
Partial interval recording
Complex event that may satiate or deprive a certain stimulus.
Motivating operations
Client participates in particular behavior because it provides a sense of satisfaction
Automatic function
Largest wild cat in the world
Tiger