Chapter 1 Flashcards
Define Behavior
Anything that a person says or does. It is a muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of a organism.
Overt behaviors can be observed and recorded by…
A individual other than the one performing the behavior.
Covert behavior are behaviors that?
Cannot be observed by others.
Both Covert and Overt behaviors can be influenced by?
Behavior modification techniques.
Which behavior group (overt or covert is easier to measure?
-Overt-
Characteristics that can be measured are referred to as?
Dimensions of behavior.
The three dimensions of behavior are?
Duration, Rate, and Intensity (DRI).
Generally behavior is?
Anything a person or organism says or does.
Technically behavior is?
Muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of an organism.
The synonyms of behavior are?
Activity, action, performance, responding, response, and reaction.
Imagining and private self-talk, in addition to being called covert behaviors, are sometimes called?
Cognitive behaviors.
Briefly review 2 advantages of summary terms.
1: They may be useful for quickly providing general information about how an individual might perform.
2: The labels may imply that a treatment program will be helpful.
Briefly review 2 disadvantages of summary terms.
1: May lead to false (pseudo)-explanations or curricular reasoning.
2: Labels may negatively affect the way an individual might be treated, such as focusing on the individual’s problems.
Behavior deficits and excesses refer to?
Behavior deficits- too little behavior of a particular type
Behavior excesses- too much behavior of a particular type.
Institutions, clinics, community treatment centers, and special programs are all used to create better outcomes for a community. These are known as?
Behavior modifications.
Behavior Modifications refers to?
The systematic application of learning principles and techniques to assess and improve the overt and covert behaviors of individuals in order to enhance their daily functioning.
The physical variables that make up a persons surroundings are known as?
Stimuli
1-2 characteristics of behavior modification are?
1: It’s strong emphasis on defining problems in terms of behavior that can be measured, and using changes in that measure of the problem as the best indicator.
2: Treatment procedures and techniques are ways of altering an individuals current environment.
3-5 characteristics of behavior modification are?
3: Methods and rationales can be described precisely.
4: The techniques of behavior modification are often applied by individuals in everyday life.
5: The techniques stem from basic and applied research in the science of learning.
6-7 characteristics of behavior modification are?
6: Behavior modification emphasizes scientific demonstration that a particular intervention or treatment was responsible for a particular behavior.
7: Placing of high value on accountability for everyone involved in behavior modification programs.
Behaviors to be improved in a behavior modification program are known as?
Target Behaviors.
The ordered list of behavioral assessment (4)
1: Identify and describe the target behavior.
2: Identify probable causes of the behavior.
3: Guide the selection of an appropriate behavioral treatment.
4: Evaluate treatment outcomes.
Refers to the study of the scientific laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals?
Behavior analysis.
