Foundations, Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis

Question 1

6 critical attributes of behavior analysis

Answer 1

1. Biological Phenomenon
2. Involves movement (actions)
3. Living organism
4. Observable
5. Measurable
6. Involves interactions with the environment

Question 2

Behavior is mediated by the ____ system

Answer 2

nervous

Question 3

Non examples of behavior

Answer 3

Being aggressive, self-injurious behavior, property destructions…these are too broad. However, in ABA we may use them if we define what they mean for specific client.

Question 4

_______ behavior is behavior that can be observed by others even though special instruments may be required at times.

Answer 4

Public behavior

Question 5

_____ behavior is behavior that cannot be observed by others; it is only accessible to the organism who is engaging in the behavior.

Answer 5

Private behavior

Question 6

______ event

a broader term for private behavior as it includes private behavior and private environmental events.

Answer 6

Private event

Question 7

Sensed conditions of the body, is a

Answer 7

private event

Question 8

Feelings are…

Answer 8

private events

Question 9

Imagining is…

Answer 9

Private events

Question 10

Thinking is…

Answer 10

Private events

Question 11

Problem solving is

Answer 11

a private event

Question 12

Taking a shower is an example of a

Answer 12

public event (it can be observed by another person)

Question 13

Your heart beating is a

Answer 13

Public event (it can be observed with a special instrument)

Question 14

Seeing the waves crashing at the beach, is an example of a

Answer 14

private event (only you know that you are seeing it)

Question 15

Watching the waves crashing at the beach, is an example of

Answer 15

a public event

Question 16

A ______ is a specific instance of behavior

Answer 16

response (e.g.,if walking is the behavior- every step one takes is a response)

Question 17

A _______ refers to the beginning middle and end of a response

Answer 17

response cycle

Question 18

Behavior as a collective term means that

Answer 18

behavior refers to more than one occurrence of a specific behavior (multiple responses)- it is plural. You do not need to put an (s) on the end.

e.g., he engaged in bell-ringing behavior OR he rang the bell 25 times.

NOT- he engaged in 25 bell-ringing behaviors.

Behavior is not behavior(s)

Question 19

True or false: The term “response” is interchangeable with the term “behavior”

Answer 19

False

Question 20

A ______ is a fundamental quality of a natural phenomenon

Answer 20

property

Question 21

Name the fundamental properties of behavior

Answer 21

Temporal locus
Temporal extent
Repeatability

Question 22

Temporal Locus

Answer 22

A single response occurs in time

Question 23

Temporal Extent

Answer 23

A response occupies time

Question 24

Repeatability

Answer 24

A response can re-occur

Question 25

Define Dimensional quantity

Answer 25

a quantifiable aspect of a property

Measures (quantifies) a fundamental property

Question 26

List the Dimensional Quantities

Answer 26

1. Latency
2. Duration
3. Countability (BACB task list calls frequency)
4. IRT
5. Rate (AKA frequency)
6. Celeration

Question 27

Latency

Define:
State the fundamental property:

Answer 27

A dimensional quantity
The amount of time between a stimulus and a response
FP: Temporal Locus

Question 28

Duration
Define:
State the Fundamental Property:

Answer 28

A dimensional quantity
The amount of time between the beginning and the end of a response cycle
FP: Temporal Extent

Question 29

Countability
AKA:
Define:
State the Fundamental Property:

Answer 29

A dimensional quantity
Measured as the number of responses or number of cycles of the response class
AKA: count or on the BACB task list- frequency
FP: Repeatability

Question 30

Inter-response time
Define:
Fundamental Property :

Answer 30

A dimensional quantity
The time between two successive responses; usually the time elapsed between the end of the response cycle and the beginning of the next response cycle.
FP: Repeatability & Temporal Locus

Question 31

Rate
AKA:
Define:
Fundamental Property:

Answer 31

A dimensional quantity
AKA: frequency
The ratio of the number of responses over some period of time. (# of responses/time)
FP: Repeatability & Temporal Locus

Question 32

_____ is the fundamental datum in the study of operant behavior

Answer 32

Rate

Question 33

What is the unit of measurement for rate

Answer 33

cycles per unit of time

Question 34

Celeration

Define:

Answer 34

Dimensional Quantity
a change in one of the other quantities of behavior over time
(Cycles/unit of time/unit of time)
FP: Repeatability & Temporal Locus

Question 35

Topography

Answer 35

Configuration, form, shape of the response

Question 36

Function

Answer 36

The effect or results of the response on the environement

Question 37

Magnitude and intensity are_____ of a response class

Answer 37

topographical properties

Question 38

Response class

Answer 38

a grouping of individual actions that share those commonalities included in the class definition (either topographical or functional)

Question 39

Response classes can be _____ or _____

Answer 39

topographical or functional

Question 40

Topographical response class

Answer 40

A collection of two of more responses that share a common form

Question 41

Bobby bites to escape school, bites to get attention, bites to communicate he is in pain…this is an example of

Answer 41

a topographical response class

Question 42

Functional Response class

Answer 42

A collection of two or more topographically DIFFERENT responses that all have the same effect on the environment, usually producing a specific class of reinforcers

Question 43

Bobby bites a peer and is sent home from school, spits on his teacher and is sent home from school, breaks his teachers coffee mug and is sent home from school…these are examples of a

Answer 43

functional response class

Question 44

The term “behavior” can be used interchangeably with the term __________

But behavior can not be used interchangeable with

Answer 44

Response class - if they are defined the same way

Responses