Mid-Term Exam: Terms Flashcards
Applied Behavioral Analysis
The attempt to solve behavior problems by providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior.
Overt Behavior
Behavior that can be observed by someone other than the person performing it. (ex. talking to another person)
Covert Behavior
Behavior that can be observed only by the person performing it. (ex. internal monologue)
Reflexive Behavior
Behavior that is most readily influenced by events that precede it. (aka- respondent behavior) (ex. jumping at a loud noise)
Operant Behavior
Behavior that is readily influenced by events that follow it. (ex. walking, talking, writing)
Behavioral Repetoire
All the things an individual is capable of doing at any given moment.
Environmental Event
Any event in a person’s environment that can be observed. (often referred to as experiences)
Behavioral Antecedent
Environmental events that occur before a behavior.
Behavioral Consequence
Environmental events that occur after a behavior. (aka- postcedent)
Observed Behavior
Behavior that can be noted by an individual. (ex. conscious thoughts vs. unconscious thoughts)
Respondent Behavior
Same as reflexive behavior (Behavior that is most readily influenced by events that precede it.) Involuntary.
Medical Model in Behavior
The view that behavior problems are merely symptoms of an underlying psychological disorder.
Symptom Substitution in Behavior
The idea that if a behavior problem is solved without resolving the underlying psychological disorder, another behavior problem will take its place. There is only anecdotal evidence for its existence, and in reality SS is extremely rare, if it happens at all.
Single Case Experimental Design
A research design in which behavior of an individual is compared under experimental and control conditions. (p. 65)
ABAB Reversal Design
A single case design in which baseline and intervention conditions are repeated with the same person. (p. 71) (sometimes inadvisable to perform based on the nature of the behavior being corrected)
Law of Effect
In any given situation, the probability of a behavior occurring is a function of the consequences that behavior has had in that situation in the past. (Tl;dr- Behavior is a function of its consequences.)
Law of Readiness
Individuals learn best when they are
physically, mentally, and emotionally
ready to learn, AND They do not learn well if they see no
reason for learning.
Bartlett’s Study of Memory Reconstruction
We don’t recall memories as much as we reconstruct them from what we deemed important and the meaning they put on the information that they are remembering.
