Behavioral Terms
Number of responses emitted during an observation period
What is count?
The process of providing an individual with something ONLY when the target behavior occurs, which then increases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again
What is Positive Reinforcement?
Something that comes before a behavior, and may trigger that behavior
What is an antecedent?
Frequency, duration, and intensity
What are ways to measure behavior?
A variety of procedures for detecting and recording the number of times a behavior is observed.
What is event recording?
When data points on a graph gradually get higher
What is an increasing trend?
Measurement of the elapsed time between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a subsequent response
What is response latency?
Something aversive is removed from a person's experience as a way of increasing the likelihood of a behavior happening again.
What is negative reinforcement?
Something that follows the behavior
What is a consequence?
Starting with baseline, then implementing intervention, then returning to baseline, then implementing intervention again
What is ABAB reversal design?
Procedure in which the observer records whether each individual in a group is engaged in the target behavior.
What is a planned activity check?
Providing reinforcement only after the target behavior occurs a set number of times. Once the behavior consistently occurs that many times, the goal is increased to a higher number in order to receive reinforcement
What is differential reinforcement of high rates of behavior?
In the three-term contingency (ABC), escape or attention are known as..
What is a consequence?
Staggering baseline across different people, settings, or behaviors. Starting one baseline after 3 sessions, the next baseline after 6 sessions, and the last baseline after 10 sessions.
What is multiple baseline design?
With this function, ways to reinforce include not allowing them to escape and protesting skills. Ignoring is not effective
What is escape or avoidance?
The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response class.
What is interresponse time?
Providing reinforcement after a specific interval of time has elapsed without the problem behavior occurring. If Bob does not "talk out" for 10 minutes, he will receive 2 minutes of extra free time.
What is differential reinforcement of other behavior?
Giving an instruction, telling someone no, or turning the lights off can be an example of this term
What is an antecedent?
If the behavior occurs ANY TIME within the given 15 second interval, you mark the box with a check mark.
What is partial interval recording?
Brandie engages in self-injurious behaviors and pushes her eyeballs into their socket slightly. She found that if she does that she can see cool pictures and objects. She will keep pushing her eyeballs into their sockets because she enjoys the SENSATION she gets from it.
What is automatic reinforcement?