ABA Basics

History of ABA

100

Person that created Behaviorism 

Who is John Watson? 

200

Experiment involving dogs and how a conditioned response was created 

Who is Ivan Pavlov?

300

Behaviors are modified by their consequences, positive, negative reinforcement and punishment 

What is Operant Conditioning?

400

First to conduct behavioral experiments with children with ASD 

Who is Ferster and DeMyer? 

500

5 Key elements of Compassion Care 

What is empathy and understanding, respect, individualized support, active listening, and flexibility and adaptability 

7 Dimensions

100

Target behaviors are observable and measurable 

What is Behavioral?

200

Behavior change should be shown in different environments and across staff members 

What is Generality? 

300

Dimension examples of reading a recipe, handwashing steps, behavior plans, etc.

What is technological? 

400

Dimension that is socially significant to the student and their lives 

What is Applied? 

500

7 Dimensions of ABA 

What is applied, behavioral, analytic, effective, conceptually systematic, technological, and generality?

What is a behavior? 3 Term Contingency

100

Behavior is able to be counted 

What is measurable? 

200

Behavior is able to be seen 

What is observable? 

300

The number of times a behavior occurs 

What is frequency?

400

Running, rolling on the ground, screaming, etc. 

Examples of passing or not passing dead man's test? 

What is passing dead man's test? 

500

Amount of time from the prompt to when the student engages in the behavior 

What is latency? 

Reinforcement and Punishment

100

Antecedent, behavior, consequence 

What is the three - term contingency?

200

Reduces an undesirable behavior 

What is a punishment? 

300

Reinforcers that are biological, do not have to be learned 

What are primary reinforcers? 

400

Verbal praise, tokens, high fives, good grades 

What are secondary reinforcers? 

500

1. Only be available when individual engages in the behavior that is targeted to increase

2. Delivery of reinforcement should occur immediately after desired behavior

3. Reinforcement should be varied

4. ANY REINFORCERS that could cause harm to health and safety of an individual should never be used

What are the guidelines of reinforcement? 

Function

100

Behaviors happen for a reason, looking at patterns, reasons, etc. 

What is the definition of function? 

200

Climbing on counters, throwing items or moving items and looking at staff 

What is attention? 

300

Leaves or runs away from task demands, says no, stops interacting with staff or task demand 

What is escape/avoidance? 

400

Grab items or objects when told "no", when told to relinquish reinforcement 

What is access to tangibles, person, etc. 

500

Body is over or under stimulated, rocking back and forth, flapping hands, etc. 

What is automatic sensory stimulation?