Terms
The ABC Model
Behavior Therapy
100

Private behaviors that cannot be directly observed.

Covert behaviors

100

Cues to perform a specific behavior.

Prompts

100

We are what we...

Do

200

Actions that other people can directly observe.

Overt behaviors

200

Environmental conditions that elicit a behavior.

Setting events

200

The process by which environmental factors influence behaviors.

Learning

300
Happy, depressed, friendly, generous are examples of...

Traits

300

The 'A' in the ABC model stands for...

Antecedents

300

Determines whether the behavior will occur again.

Maintaining consequences

400

Specific antecedents and consequences that cause a person to perform a behavior.

Maintaining conditions

400

The 'B' in the ABC model stands for...

Behavior

400

Behavior therapy treats problem behaviors by directly changing their...

Maintaining conditions

500

Cues or conditions that set the stage for behaviors to occur.

Stimulus control

500

The process of assessing the conditions of a behavior.

Functional analysis

500

One of the four modes of behavior treated in behavior therapy.

Overt behaviors, cognitions, emotions, or physiological responses