Philosophical Underpinnings
Who invented Radical Behaviorism?
B.F. Skinner
Everything an organism does
Behavior
The results of measurement, usually in a quantifiable form
Data
Treatment or intervention in an experiment
Independent Variable
SD is short for?
Discriminative Stimulus
7 Dimensions of ABA
Generality, Effective, Technical, Applied, Behavioral, Conceptually systematic, Analytic
Something that changes the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus
Motivating Operation
Time between end of a response and the beginning of another response.
Inter-response time (IRT)
When an independent variable lawfully affects a dependent variable
Functional Relation
Four functions of behavior
Automatic (sensory), Tangible, Attention, Escape(avoidance)
Goals of Behavior Analysis as a science
Description, Prediction, Control
When a stimulus is added or magnified following a response, which decreases the future frequency of that behavior
Positive Punishment
A type of measurement used when the behavior you are assessing results in a lasting product or outcome.
Baseline data are collected on two or more subjects, situations, or behaviors. Intervention is applied to the first, and then the first and second, etc.
Multiple Baseline Design
A specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a particular stimulus condition
Chaining
Assumption of Science. Behavior is caused by some event.
Determinism
The kind of learning where a class of behavior (operant) is modified by changing its consequences
Operant Conditioning (S-R-S)
Refers to the fact that every instance of behavior occurs during some amount of time.
Temporal Extent
Design in which baseline conditions are alternated with intervention conditions. Mostly used in sigle-case experiments.
Withdrawral Design
A behavior that does not come naturally, but must be learned by the individual by pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned Response
The principle that the simplest explanation for an observation or event is the best explanation
Parsimony
A rule which describes or specifies which responses will be followed by reinforcement and which will not
Schedules of Reinforcement
A group of two or more responses which share a common form.
Topographical Response Class
Collecting data on the extent to which the program is being implemented correctly. Contingencies are used to maintain and shape behavior of implementers.
Procedural Intergrity (Treament Fidelity)
Stimuli that have been paired with a variety of unconditioned and conditioned reinforcers. (i.e. praise, attention, money, tokens)
Generalized Conditioned Reinforcers