22 Terms Flashcards
Analytic
Requires a believable demonstration of events; ideally through a functional relationship.
Applied
Behaviour change of focus is socially significant or of immediate importance to the individual.
Antecedent
A stimulus that occurs before the behaviour
Avoidance
A behaviour (or response) that prevents or postpones a stimulus from occurring.
Backward chaining
Teaching procedure where the last behaviour in the task analysis is taught first. Behaviors are added from the end of the chain as the learner masters them.
Behavioural
Focuses on measurable behaviours and ensures measurement is valid and reliable.
Conceptually systematic
Every ABA intervention should be based on the principles of behaviour.
Conditioned reinforcer
A reinforcer that acts as such because it was paired with other reinforcers.
Conditioned stimulus
The stimulus that elicits the conditioned response as a result of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
Consequence
A stimulus change that occurs after a behaviour (or response).
Continuous reinforcement schedule
Reinforcement is delivered after each correct response.
Discriminative stimulus (or SD)
A stimulus that signals the availability o reinforcement.
Effective
Outcome of treatment should be of pratical value to the individual.
Extinction
Reinforcement is no longer provided for a behaviour that was previously reinforced.
Escape
A behaviour (or response) that removes/terminates a current stimulus.
Fixed interval
Reinforcement is delivered after a set amount of time has passed.
Fixed ratio
Reinforcement is delivered after a set number of responses have occurred.
Generality
Behaviour change that occurs over time. in different conditions, and with different people and stimuli.
Intermittent reinforcement schedule
Not every instance of behaviour is reinforced.
Interobserver agreement
When two observers independently record the same behaviour at the same time and compare their data collection.
Maintenance
The time after treatment ends and the learner continues to perform the target behaviour.
Negative reinforcement.
The removal of a stimulus that increases the likelihood that the behaviour (or response) that it follows will occur again under similar conditions.
