ABA + Behavior

Question 1

What is ABA?

Answer 1

The science of behavior that focuses on studying the interaction between behavior and the environment.

Question 2

Targeted Behaviors in ABA?

Answer 2

Challenging Behavior 
Social Skills and Play
Language 
Daily Living 
Academic Skills
Community and Vocational Skills 
Group Management

Question 3

What is behavior?

Answer 3

Anything that a person says or does that can be observed, measured, and has an impact on the environment.

Question 4

ABA’s View of Behavior

Answer 4

Relationship between a persons behavior and the environment. Behavior is either functional or not and is changeable.

Question 5

Characteristics of behavior

Answer 5

Specific, Observable, Measurable

Question 6

Behavioral Contingency (ABC’s of behavior)

Answer 6

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

Question 7

What is an Antecedent?

Answer 7

Stimuli that comes immediately before behavior and makes the behavior more likely to occur in that moment.

Question 8

What is Behavior (as in the ABC’s)?

Answer 8

The observable moment immediately after the antecedent.

Question 9

What is a Consequence?

Answer 9

The action that comes immediately after the behavior and affects future likelihood of the behavior.