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Introduction To Behavior Modification Flashcards

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What is behavior?

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An action, either overt or covert, that is measurable, observable, and in response to a stimulus

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What is a response?

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An instance of a behavior

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What is a response class?

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A group of behaviors will produce the same consequence.

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What is a repertoire?

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The collection of all behaviours a person can perform

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What is the Dead Man’s Test?

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A maxim in which asserts that nothing a deceased person can do qualifies as behavior.

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What is a behavioral excess?

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An undesirable behavior that someone wishes to decrease

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What is a target behavior?

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A behavior that will be subject to modification

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What is a behavioral goal?

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Intended change to the target behavior.

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What is an outcome goal?

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The motivation behind the behavioral goal; abstract result that one wishes to attain. Often socially significant, and/or related to client’s well being.

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What is a behavioural deficit?

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A desirable behaviour that someone wishes to increase

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What is behaviour modification?

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The science and practice of analyzing and modifying behaviour

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What is behaviourism?

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The guiding philosophy behind behaviour modification, and the science of behaviour

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What is experimental analysis of behaviour (EAB)?

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Basic study of behaviour and its functional relationship with the environment

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What does the text mean when it states that behaviour is “lawful”? (Miltenberger, 2016).

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It has a direct and functional relationship with the environment, and can be systematically influenced by environmental events

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What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?

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Using knowledge about human behavior to reduce socially undesirable behaviors and/or increase desirable ones

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Who discovered respondent conditioning (the conditioning of a reflex to a neutral stimulus)?

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Pavlov

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What is Thorndike’s Law of Effect?

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A behaviour that produces a desirable effect on the environment is more likely to be repeated.

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What is methodological behaviourism, and to whom is it attributable?

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The study of external behaviour alone, with no interest paid to internal or mental events. Watson.

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What is radical behaviourism, and to whom is it attributable?

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The study of both overt (external) behaviours, and covert (internal) behaviours. Skinner.

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What is the S-R-S model / Three-Term Contingency / ABCs of behaviour?

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Antecedent stimulus –> Behaviour –> Consequence

21
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Who developed the concept of operant conditioning?

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Skinner

22
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Why is the Behaviour Research and Therapy journal important?

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First scientific journal dedicated to behaviourism (1963)

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Why is “Case Studies in Behaviour Modification” by Ullman and Krasner important?

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First book ever published to have “behaviour modification” in the title (1965)

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Why is the Journal of Applied Behaviour Analysis important?

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First journal dedicated to ABA (1968)

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What is the Screening) or intake phase)?

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The phase to obtain client demographic information, and reasons for seeking assistance

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What is the Preprogram Assessment Phase (or Baseline Phase)?

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The phase to define and measure initial “baseline” level for behavior

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What is the Treatment Phase?

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The phase to actively apply training, intervention, or treatment program

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What is frequency?

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The number of responses in a given period of time

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What is duration?

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The length of a behavior

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What is latency?

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The time between an antecedent stimulus or event, and the onset of a behavior

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What is intensity?

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It assesses the strength of behavior, often with a rating scale

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What is quality?

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Often arbitrary judgement of social value, and may use a rating scale

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What is an Operational Definition?

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A precise, objective definition of a term by specifying the operations the researcher or made to measure it

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What is a natural setting of behavior observation?

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Setting that is part of the client’s everyday life, in which the behavior typically occurs

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What is an analogue setting of behavior observation?

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Setting that is simulated and controlled, and made to mimic a natural setting for the purpose of observing behavior

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What is unstructured observation?

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When the observer observes behaviour without presenting any events, activities, or instructions

37
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What is reactivity?

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When a behavior changes due to the fact that it’s being observed and recorded.

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What are two ways that reactivity can be reduced?

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1) Allowing the client time to become accustomed to the observation
2) Observing the behavior when the client doesn’t know they’re being observed

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What is unstructured observation?

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When the observer observes behavior without presenting any events, activities, or instructions

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What is structured observation?

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When the observer presents certain instructions, events, or activities to observe the behavior in those contexts

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What is continuous recording?

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Recording every instance of behavior throughout the observation period.

42
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What is partial-interval recording?

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Dividing an observation period into successive intervals, and recording whether or not a behavior takes place in each interval.

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What is whole interval-recording?

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Dividing an observation period into successive intervals, and only counting a behavior if it endured throughout the entire interval.

44
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What is time sample recording?

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Dividing the observation period into intervals of time, but only recording the behavior during part of each interval

45
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What is inter-observer agreement / inter-observer reliability?

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The rate at which two trained observers, based on the same behavioral definition, will agree whether a behavior occurred or not. A strong behavioral definition will have high IOA / IOR (>90%)

46
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True or false: behaviour modification also uses theoretical constructs like personality traits to understand behaviour

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False

47
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True or false: internal states and incentives, (such as sadness, hunger, etc), are important considerations in behavior modification, and are acceptable to include in a behavioral definition

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False

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