Lecture 4: The Science of Behavior

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The science of behavior

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Behavior is a science. it is not an art form or technique but an empirically defined science.

Question 2

Behavior Modification ABA

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Applied Behavior Analysis. The systematic use of principles of learning to increase the frequency of desired behaviors and or decrease the frequency of problem behaviors. Understanding how behavior is affected by environmental

Question 3

What is the result

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Increased quality of life and better trust and quality of relationships

Question 4

Teacher and Learner

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Resembles a dialogue where the teacher facilitates learning and the learner is actively involved. Benefits: increased motivation and greater achievement

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Label

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Subjective classification which is not directly observable.

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Why are labels bad?

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unfair to animals. Don’t provide observable facts to explain behavior. Are held in the mind of the observer and aren’t verifiable. are self fulfilling prophecies. Reason to give up on an animal. Make you think you’ve comprehended the problem when you’ve simply labeled it

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Examples of Construct conversations

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Lono is dominate and likes to control the lagoon. Hoku is lazy

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Behavior is not

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Something that lives within an animal. Situation, context and environment cause behavior.

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How do you change behavior

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change the environment. You do not change behavior by changing the animal. behavior and environment are twin forces.

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Behavioral hypothesis must be based on

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observing contextual, overt behavior

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Observable behavior EX

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heads up, wide eyes, eye contact

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What are the two kinds of behavior in an animal?

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respondent and operant

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Respondent ( Classical / Pavlovian)

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Is a behavior that is a reflexive response to a specif stimuli. This behavior is involuntary.

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What is learned with respondent behavior

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New eliciting stimuli. Occurs through the process of repeated, close paring of a neutral stimulus with an existing eliciting stimulus. EX: fear response occurs for a dog when he sees a bat

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Examples of Respondent behavior

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pupils dilates with sunlight. Seating when running, startled by noise,

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Operant Behavior

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“operates” or acts on the environment. A behavior is determined by its consequences.

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Respondent learning

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the animal does not lean a new behavior. Instead a new stim or trigger is learned which will elicit the existing reflexive or involuntary behavior

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operant learning

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the animal learns a new behavior based on the consequences of the behavior

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Respondent ( Classical )

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reflexive, passive, elicited, pavlov, stimulus with an involuntary response, paired associations

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operant

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voluntary, active, emitted, skinner, behavior with a consequence