Goals of ABA as a science
Determining that one event frequently occurs with another event; there's a correlation
Prediction
Suggests that every event is linked to some thing else in the environment
Determinism
Involves manipulating independent variables to test hypotheses to formulate a better understanding of behavior in general
Experimental analysis of behavior
Who created radical behaviorism?
Skinner
Emphasis should be on socially valid behaviors
Applied
Control
Relies on objective measurement
Empricism
Applied behavior analysis
Systematically manipulating variables to affect socially valid behaviors
Radical behaviorism posits that what 2 kinds of events are meaningful to be analyzed
Private and public/covert and overt
Analytical
Emphasis on control, effect of independent variable on dependent variable
Detailing what a behavior looked like in objective, measurable terms
Description
Values the manipulation of variables to prove a conclusion
Experimentation
The philosophy of the science that establishes an understanding of the principles of behavior
Behaviorism
The alternative of radical behaviorism
Methodological behaviorism
The principles of Watson, Skinner, and others should guide our decision-making
Conceptually systematic
The most difficult goal to accomplish
Control
Rule out the simplest explanation first
Parsimony
The work we do as clinicians
Professional practice guided by behavior analysis
A headache is an example of a _ event, while saying "I have a headache" is an example of a _ event
Covert/private; overt/public
Emphasis on the actions a person does
Behavioral
Mary is using _ when she reviews the data and determines that a challenging behavior is more likely to occur with a specific provider
Prediction
The future probability of a behavior is strengthened or weakened through consequences
Selectionism
EAB
Motivation
Technological
Making procedures understandable so that they can be implemented by many different people or in other environments