ABA 101
DATA
ABA 102
FUNCTIONS
ACRONYMS
100

An event that occurs after a behavior occurs and changes the probability of that behavior reoccurring (increases or reduces).

What is a Consequence?

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100

A measurement of every instance that a behavior occurs.

What is Frequency?

100

Additional cues that are given before or after an SD that cue the targeted behavior. (typically follow a most-to-least or least-to-most hierarchy)

What are Prompts?

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100

Name the function: Sally throws her food on the ground. Mom picks up the food and begins singing and praising Sally until she eats her food. Sally throws her food on the ground more frequently.

What is Attention?

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100

1:1 instruction-based teaching in which skills are taught in a therapist-controlled sanitized environment; typically have multiple sets of targeted responses run in short intervals of time.

What is DTT? (Discrete Trial Teaching)

200

Procedure in which reinforcement of successive approximations of a behavior is used to reach a target behavior.

What is Shaping?

200

Measurement of the magnitude or force of a response.

What is Intensity?

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200

Procedure in which reinforcement is no longer available following a behavior and that behavior ceases to occur.

What is Extinction?

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200

Name the function: Sam asks to play with his video game. Mom says no and Sam begins to engage in tantrum behavior until mom gives Sam his video game. Sam engages in tantrum behavior more frequently. 

What is access to tangible?

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200

When two+ data collectors take data on the same behavior and have accuracy between the two data points.

What is Interobserver Agreement (IOA)?

300

Procedure in which a consequence is added after a targeted behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring. 

What is Positive Reinforcement?

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300

Measurement of how long a behavior occurs.

What is Duration?

300

Procedure in which an aversive stimuli is removed and the targeted behavior increases.

What is Negative Reinforcement?

300

The 4 functions of behavior.

What is Attention, Tangible, Escape & Automatic?

300

Legislative act that strictly protects and the confidentiality of patients and their personal health information (PHI).

What is HIPPA?


400

Procedure in which a consequence is added after a behavior and decreases the likelihood of that behavior.

What is Punishment?

400

Measurement in which behavior is marked as an occurrence if it occurs for an entire predetermined period of time. 

What is Whole Interval Recording?

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400

Process of teaching a behavioral chain of behaviors that link together to complete a task (can go forwards or backwards)

What is Chaining?

400

Name the function: Josh runs away and hides when his teacher tells him to sit down and do his work. His teacher ignores him until the next activity and the class moves on. Josh did not have to complete his work. Josh runs away and hides more frequently when instructed to sit down and do his work.

What is Escape/Avoidance?

400

Setting an interval of time for one behavior to not be displayed and reinforcing the child if the behavior is not displayed.

What is DRO (differential reinforcement of other behavior)?

500

An observable and measurable description of behavior.

What is a (operational) behavioral definition?

500

Measurement of time between given SD and targeted response.

What is Latency?

500

The motivating operation of not having access to a highly preferred reinforcer for a period of time and the value of that reinforcer increases.

What is Deprivation?

500

A process that identifies specific target behavior, the purpose of the behavior, and what factors maintain the behavior.

FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment

500

Factors that contribute to the value or motivating features of a particular reinforcer.

What is DISC?

Deprivation, Immediacy, Size, Contingency

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