Goals of Behavior Analysis
This term involves observing and reporting what behavior looks like
What is description?
The belief that behavior is lawful and determined by variables
What is determinism?
This perspective involves both observable and private events as behavior
What is radical behaviorism?
This branch focuses on socially significant behavior change.
What is applied behavior analysis (ABA)?
This dimension ensures behavior is socially significant?
What is applied?
This term refers to identifying relationships between variables
What is prediction?
The idea that knowledge comes from observation and measurement
What is empiricism?
These are private events
What is thoughts or feelings?
This branch studies behavior under controlled lab conditions.
What is the experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)?
This dimension ensures procedures are clearly described.
What is technological?
This term is achieveD when a variable is demonstrated to cause behavior
What is control?
This assumption emphasizes ruling out simple explanations before complex ones
What is parsimony?
This perspective focuses on what can be observed from an external perspective
What is methodological behaviorism?
This term refers broadly to the philosophy underlying the science.
What is behaviorism?
This dimension requires demonstration of functional relation.
What is analytic?
A BCBA observed that a child's tantrums occur when demands are placed but has not yet manipulated anything. This scientific goal has been achieved.
What is prediction?
This assumption focuses on selecting explanations based on usefulness
What is pragmatism?
This distinguishes radical behaviorism from methodological behaviorism.
What are private events?
This involves using ABA principles in real-world service delivery.
What is professional practice guided by ABA?
This dimension relates all interventions or procedures back to the principles from which they were derived.
What is conceptually systematic?
A BCBA demonstrates that introducing and withdrawing a functional communication intervention systematically increases and decreases challenging behavior. This scientific goal is demonstrated.
What is control?
The acronym to help you remember the 6 assumptions of science
D.E.E.R.P.P.
What is environmental variables?
This branch shows effectiveness of interventions
What is the experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)?
The acronym used to remember the 7 dimensions of ABA
What is G.E.T.A.C.A.B. or B.A.T.C.A.G.E.?