Functions Of Behavior
Name the 4 functions of behavior
EATS: Escape/Avoidance, Attention, Access/Tangible, Sensory/Automatic
Differential Reinforcement is reinforcing different behaviors _____________.
Differently
What does Antecedent mean in the context of ABA?
Antecedent means it happens before the target behavior.
Antecedent strategies are proactive, not reactive.
Name 2 examples of setting events.
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Define a "function" as it relates to behavior.
The function of a behavior is the underlying purpose or reason why the behavior is occurring.
Define Differential Reinforcement.
Placing unwanted behavior on ________ while _________ desired behaviors.
extinction, reinforcing
Define the Premack Principle
"First, Then"
(Grandma's Rule)
Where does reinforcement fall in the ABC's?
Why is it important to know the function of a behavior?
The function determines the way we should respond to a behavior. If we want a behavior to decrease, we need to ensure that it does not serve its purpose for the learner, and we must provide alternative options of methods to appropriately achieve that end.
Explain why we use differential reinforcement.
It is a reinforcement procedure that allows us to weaken unwanted behavior by reinforcing desired replacement behavior.
It avoids the unwanted side effects of extinction.
Name 3 antecedent strategies and give an example of using each at Monarch.
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Antecedent Strategies include:
Behavior Momentum
Replacement Skills
Enviornmental Manipulation
Offering Choices
Priming
Premack Principle
Non-Contingent Reinforcement
Task Modification
Redirection
What is a Motivating Operation? Name an example you might encounter at Monarch.
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Examples include Satiation and Deprivation
What is the debated 5th function? What are some ways of explaining it that relate to functions in the EATS acronym?
Control.
It could also be explained as access to their own way, or escape from someone else's way.
Describe a differential reinforcement procedure that is used here at Monarch.
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Some ideas: Color system is DRO, Prompt strategy uses DRI
Explain Graduated Release
I do, We do, You do
Describe how Response Effort may appear in a situation in which a learner needs to complete a task.
Response effort=how hard is it relative to reinforcement? Is it worth my while?
Scooby refuses to follow the gang into the haunted house. When Velma offers him a Scooby snack, he still refuses. When she offers him two Scooby Snacks, he takes them and slowly and reluctantly enters the house.
What is the likely function of Scooby's refusal behavior?
Trick question. If Scooby reliably gets Scooby Snacks every time he refuses, the refusal behavior is likely maintained by access/tangible (the Scooby Snacks).
However, it may have a secondary function of avoidance (escape) because if he does not go into the haunted house, he will not encounter any spooks.
What is a DRO procedure? Name an example of one used at Monarch.
DRO is Differential Reinforcement of Other. Most of our color systems are DRO.
What is non contingent reinforcement? Provide an example of when you would use this with a specific learner at Monarch.
Non contingent reinforcement: given regardless of learner's current behavior
Examples will vary.
Give an example of a time when you should prompt functional communication with a learner.
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