applied behavioral analysis

Question 1

Therapy from a behavioral perspective goal

Answer 1

increase adaptive behavior is the goal

Question 2

must first

Answer 2

ŸIdentify “target” behaviors-individual wants to increase or decrease

Question 3

4 stages

Answer 3

acquisition, extinction, discrimination, generalization

Question 4

Acquisition

Answer 4

acquires positive adaptive behaviors

Question 5

extinction

Answer 5

extinguishes negative maladaptive behaviors

Question 6

discrimination

Answer 6

distinguish between positve and negavtive behaviors

Question 7

generalization

Answer 7

applies positive behaviors learned in therapy to other domains

Question 8

Applied behavior analysis can occur in two ways

Answer 8

increase response likely hood, and decrease response likely hood

Question 9

increase response likelihood through

Answer 9

change environment to maintain and increase adaptive behaviors-through positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement

Question 10

positive reinforcement

Answer 10

gives patient something as reward for desired behavior-must use strong enough reinforcement

Question 11

negative reinforcement

Answer 11

removes aversive consequence for desired behavior

Question 12

decrease response likelihood through

Answer 12

removal of reinforcement for negative behaviors can be done through….extinction, response cost, punishment, differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors

Question 13

extinction

Answer 13

identifies what controls the behavior and then remove that reinforcement, primary means of decreasing negative behavior
extinction

Question 14

response cost

Answer 14

patient loses a reward/positive reinforcement as function of their negative behavior

Question 15

punishment

Answer 15

ineffective is easily forgotten, only used if undesired behavior is more harmful than punishment itself

Question 16

ŸDifferential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors

Answer 16

reinforce substitute behavior to replace negative behavior

Question 17

Maintenance and transfer of treatment gains

Answer 17

goal is to maintain treatment gains and transfer treatment gains to other domains of life-from operant perspective cannot exist in theory so goal of therapy are to establish reinforcement contingencies(in a variety of important domains of the patient’s life) that can be transferred to new environments that are difficult to extinguish….otherwise treatment gains will move to extinction

Question 18

ŸBoosters

Answer 18

nvolve periodic exposure to reinforcement contingencies in order to strengthen effect in real world overtime