Behavior Flashcards
3 Principles of Behavior
Punishment, Extinction, Reinforcement
Applied Behavior Analysis
A scientific approach for discovering environmental variable that reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable.
3 levels of scientific understanding
Description, Prediction, Control
Level of scientific understanding that involves systematic observations, no casual control. Ex. Number of praise statements
Description
Level of scientific understanding that is association with correlation
Prediction
Highest level of scientific understanding that shows a functional relation, aka causation
Control
6 Attitudes of Science/ Assumptions of behavior
Determinism, Empiricism, Experimentation, Replication, Parsimony, Philosophical doubt
7 Dimensions of ABA
Behavioral, Applied, Technological, Conceptually systematic, Analytical, Generality, Effective
Mentalism
Hypothetical constructs, Explanatory Fictions and Circular reasoning. Assumes an inner dimension exists and causes behavior.
Hypothetical Constructs
Presumed, but unobserved entities
Explanatory Fictions
Fictitious variables that are another name for the observed behavior
Circular Reasoning
The cause and effect are both inferred from the same information.
Behaviorism
Environmental explanation of behavior.
4 branches of Behavior Analysis
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior, ABA, Behavior Service Delivery, Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Pavlov
Respondent Conditioning
Watson
Said we should study behavior by direct observation of the relationship between environmental stimuli (S) and the responses (R) .S-R-S behaviorism.
Skinner
Radical Behaviorism. It included public and private events.
Skinner was influenced by what 2 main sources?
Darwinism Selectionism and Pragmatism : The relationship between the setting (A) and the behavior (B) is because of the consequence (C).
What are the 2 Primary types of behavior?
Respondent Behavior and Operant Behavior
Respondent Behavior
Reflex. Elicited by stimuli that immediately precede them (antecedent stimuli). Involuntary. (US-UR).
Phylogeny
Behavior that is inherited genetically. Respondent.
This behavior is due to phylogenetic history
Respondent
Respondent Conditioning
When new stimuli acquire ability to elicit respondents
Operant Behavior
Emit/Evoke. Behavior whose properties of occurrence is determined by its History of Consequences. Voluntary action. AKA S-R-S
Which behavior elicits a response?
Respondent Behavior
Which behavior emits/evokes a response?
Operant Behavior
An Operant is defined by it’s
Function (not topography) & Adaptation (reductions in responding evoked by an antecedent stimulus over repeated presentations).
What type of behavior is subject to Habituation?
Respondent Behavior
What type of behavior is subject to Adaptation?
Operant Behavior
What type of learning results from an organism’s interaction with his/her environment?
Ontogeny (Operant)
Operant Contingency is AKA
Behavioral Contingency, 3 Term Contingency, ABC
Operant Contingency
The dependency of a consequence on the occurrence of a behavior.
What is the Primary Unit of Analysis in ABA?
The 3 Term Contingency (ABC)
How does Temporal Contiguity apply to Respondent Conditioning?
It affects how close in time the CS & UCS are paired.
How does Temporal Contiguity apply to Operant Conditioning?
It affects how close in time the pairing of the behavior and consequence are. Ex. Superstitious bx
