Operant Conditioning
This psychologist is most closely associated with the development of operant conditioning and the experimental analysis of behavior
Skinner
This early behaviorist is best known for respondent conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
This dimension emphasizes that ABA focuses on behaviors of social importance.
Applied
This attitude emphasizes seeking the simplest explanation that accounts for observed phenomena.
Parsimony
Operant Behavior is a ____ action
Voluntary
Respondent Behavior is a ____ action
Involuntary
]This dimension requires that behavior be observable and measurable.
Behavioral
This attitude involves believing that orderly, lawful relationships exist in nature.
A behavior whose probability of occurrence is determined by its .....
History of Consequences
This is the unlearned, naturally occurring stimulus that elicits a response without prior training.
Unconditioned Stimulus
This dimension ensures that behavior change lasts over time and generalizes across settings and people.
Generality
A behavior analyst demonstrates this attitude when they collect data instead of relying on caregiver reports alone
Empiricism
Operant behavior is not defined by the topography but rather its the ____ that matters
Function
The process of repeatedly pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Classical Conditioning
The foundational article formally outlined the seven dimensions of ABA in this year.
1968
This attitude would be violated if a practitioner accepted a treatment as effective without data to support it.
Skepticism
Operant behavior is due to ______ history
Ontogenic
This phenomenon occurs when a conditioned response decreases after repeated presentations of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus
Extinction
This dimension would be most directly violated if a practitioner used vague instructions like “improve behavior” without defining it
Technological
This attitude is shown when a BCBA remains open to changing a treatment after reviewing new data.
Philosophical Doubt