ABA Basics
What does ABA stand for?
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
something that happens before a behavior is ?
What is antecedent?
In ABA, this is something that makes a behavior more likely to happen again.
What is reinforcement?
A student starts talking loudly after the teacher asks the class to begin silent reading. The teacher’s request happened before the talking. This is called the what?
What is antecedent?
Behavior analysts collect this to measure behavior and track progress.
What is data?
What does ABA study?
What is behavior?
What comes after a behavior?
What is a consequence?
If a student gets praise for finishing their homework and starts finishing it more often, the praise is acting as this.
What is reinforcer?
A student raises their hand, and the teacher calls on them. The teacher calling on the student is an example of what?
What is consequence?
This tool is often used to show behavior change over time using lines or bars.
What is graph?
Is ABA science ?
What is yes?
If a behavior happens more often because of a reward or positive outcome, it is likely being influenced by this.
What is reinforcement?
When something pleasant like a reward, praise, or extra free time is added to increase behavior, it is called this type of reinforcement.
What is positive reinforcement?
A student finishes their classwork and gets extra free time. The extra free time makes the student work faster next time. What is the extra free time acting as?
What is reinforcer?
In science, we rely on facts and evidence instead of this.
Why is opinions or guesses?
This type of method is used in ABA to test what works and what doesn’t
What is the scientific method
If a student raises their hand and the teacher calls on them, the teacher’s response is an example of this part of the ABC model.
What is consequence?
If a student finishes their work and the teacher removes extra chores, removing the chore to increase the behavior is called this.
What is negative reinforcement?
A student complains about math work and is sent out of the classroom. If the student wanted to avoid math, the behavior might be happening to do what?
What is escape/ avoid the work?
When scientists test whether something works by trying it and measuring results, they are doing this.
What is an experiment?
This field studies how a person’s environment affects their behavior.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
In ABA, behavior often continues because it helps someone get something they want or avoid something they don’t want. This is called the behavior’s what?
What is function of behavior?
Name one example of something that could be used as a reinforcer for students.
What is Praise
Extra free time
Stickers
Candy
Phone time
Points or rewards
A student tells jokes in class and the whole class laughs. The student keeps telling jokes more often. What is most likely reinforcing the behavior?
What is attention?
In ABA, behaviors must be able to be seen and measured. This means the behavior must be what?
What is observable and measurable?