Midterm Flashcards
Overt vs Covert
Overt- behavior that can be seen by others
Covert- cannot be seen by others
Pavlov’s work
Classical conditioning w/ dogs
Thorndike’s work
law of effect- cat box
Watson’s work
Stimulus response - little albert
Skinner’s work
Operant conditioning - rat boxes
Deficit
Lack of something- studying, exercising, etc
Reinforce
Excess
Too much of something bad- drinking, smoking
Punish
Goal setting types
Frequency, duration, intensity
Should be achievable, monitored, visible
Short Circuiting
Cutting corners-
Forgetting to write down the French fries you ate, etc
Can enlist a manager so you don’t short circuit
Self monitoring bias
Similar to short circuiting
Behavioral assessment
Antecedents, behavior, consequence
Natural reinforcement, intrinsic reward natural monitoring
Over time you will have an intrinsic reward and you will be better at self monitoring
Functional assessment
An assessment of the contingencies responsible for behavioral problems
Antecedents and consequences
Questions for functional assessment
Problem behavior? Antecedents? Consequences?
Possible alternative behaviors?
What is motivating the behavior? Reinforcing it?
What has been tried before?
Social vs automatic
Social pressure/ wanting something from others
The behavior is reinforcing/ intrinsic
Social positive reinforcement example
attention
Social negative reinforcement
Escaping
Stopping distracting attention from someone
Automatic positive reinforcement example
Sensory stimulation
Automatic negative reinforcement
escape from negative conditions
Direct Assessment
Record when behavior is happening
More accurate
Most behavior modification
Indirect Assessment
Not direct observation
Happens after behaviors occur
Questionarres/ interviews
Continuous recording
Best way to observe
Frequency, duration, intensity
Percentage correct recording
Number of times the behavior occurs compared to the number of opportunities
Interval recording
Record the behavior at different time intervals
Wime sample recording
Interval in which you record only a moment of an interval
Product recording
tangible outcome (homework recording)
A B Design
Not replicated
Baseline - Intervention
ABAB reversal design
Will it reverse after treatment? Is it ethical to remove treatment? Can you?
Alternating treatments design
Alternate days with treatment and no treatment
Multiple baselines across subjects
Same treatment same behavior, multiple subjects