Definitions
This is the systematic application of principles to change behavior.
What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
This schedule provides reinforcement after a set number of responses.
What is fixed ratio (FR)
This data collection method involves counting how many times a behavior occurs.
What is frequency recording?
This occurs when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced, and the behavior decreases.
What is extinction?
This intervention involves teaching appropriate communication behaviors that serve the same function as problem behavior.
What is functional communication training (FCT)?
This occurs when a stimulus follows a behavior and increases its future frequency.
What is reinforcement?
Reinforcement is given after the first response following a fixed amount of time.
What is fixed interval (FI)
This measurement records the total time a behavior occurs.
What is duration?
Any environmental event, condition, or stimulus change that occurs immediately before a behavior.
What is an antecedent?
This is a procedure where reinforcement is delivered for all behaviors except the target behavior.
What is differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO)?
This involves adding a stimulus to decrease behavior.
What is positive punishment?
This schedule delivers reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses.
What is variable ration (VR)
This measure identifies the time between the antecedent and the start of the behavior.
What is latency?
This is when a stimulus change decreases the future frequency of behavior.
What is punishment?
The reinforcement of behavior that cannot occur simultaneously with the problem behavior.
The future probability of behavior increases when this stimulus is removed.
What is negative reinforcement?
This is the schedule most resistant to extinction.
What is variable ratio (VR)
What is Interobserver Agreement (IOA)?
This involves teaching a learner to respond to different stimuli in distinct ways.
What is discrimination training?
The procedure of gradually changing a behavior by reinforcing successive approximations.
What is shaping?
These are the reasons or purposes a behavior occurs, such as to gain attention or avoid a task.
What are the functions of behavior?
This is a simple schedule where each response results in reinforcement.
What is continuous reinforcement (CRF)?
This type of recording captures whether behavior occurred at the exact end of a time interval.
What is momentary time sampling?
The temporary increase in variability or frequency of behavior when extinction begins.
What is an extinction burst?
This involves withholding reinforcement for problem behavior while reinforcing appropriate alternatives.
What is the differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA)?