Philosophical Foundation of ABA in Education Flashcards
What is the term representing Skinner’s “far-reaching” and “thoroughgoing” form of behaviorism that includes both public and private behavior?
radical behaviorism
What foundational term requires that behaviors last over time and appear in other environments other than the that of training.
generativity
What foundational term requires that experimenters have used single subject research designs to demonstrate a functional relation, or a believable demonstration of the efficacy of an intervention.
analytic
What foundational term requires the thorough and accurate description of procedures used in interventions.
technical
what foundational term requires that improvement of behavior be socially significant and based on a visual analysis of data?
effective
This is the science in which the principles of behavior are used to improve socially important behaviors and experimental analysis is used to determine which variables are responsible for improvement.
applied behavior analysis
Which foundational term refers to a philosophical position in which behavioral events that cannot be observed are not behaviors?
methodological behavior
Founded by Skinner, this natural science focuses on studying operant behavior as a subject matter, using single subject experimental designs rather than group designs, to measure behavior as a dependent variable.
experimental analysis of behavior
Which foundational term requires that variables under study be observable and measurable?
behavior
What foundational term requires that interventions used must be based on the principles of behavior and have empirical evidence supporting efficacy?
conceptual
A foundational term for an event that can only be observed and verified by the individual performing the behavior?
private event
What is the foundational term for the notion that a question is only worth pursuing if the answer to it would change our knowledge of the world?
pragmatism
What is the foundational term for the The view of the world that assumes only the natural world, which presupposes an absolute truth?
realism
What is the foundational term for an event that is locatable in time and spcae in the natural world?
natural event
What is the foundational term for an event observed by another person?
public event
What is the foundational term for a ficititious variable, often another name for an observable behavior, which implies an inner cause for the behavior?
explanatory fiction
What is the foundational term for an assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events, not in accidental fashion?
determinism
What is the foundational term for an assumption of an “inner” dimension as the explanation of behavior?
mentalism
Refers to organisms learning through association (pairing) of a stimulus that typically produces an automatic response in the organism with a previously neutral stimulus, causing the neutral stimulus to trigger the same automatic response
classical conditioning
Refers to the removal of something preferred that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
negative punishment
Refers to the delivery of something preferred that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
positive reinforcement
Refers to the removal of something aversive that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
negative reinforcement
Refers to organisms learning through interactions with their environment, including reinforcement.
operant conditioning
Refers to a consequence stimulus that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
reinforcement
Refers to a consequence stimulus that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
punishment
Refers to the delivery of something aversive that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
positive punishment
What is the foundational term for knowledge based on experience?
empiricism
What is the foundational term for operant behavior on the part of a speaker that is reinforced by the behavior of the listener?
verbal behavior
a verbal response that specifies its own reinforcer (request)
mand
a dependent relationship betweeen two events
contingency
a verbal response emitted in the presence of an object or event (labeling).
tact
changes in the environment that induce different activities
discriminative stimulus (SD)
scientific explanation that emphasizes simplicity and reliance on well-established knowledge
parsimony
a verbal discriminative stimulus that induces an activity in the learner
rule
a change in an individual’s behavior with a change in context
discrimination
the relationship between a discriminative stimulus and the activity it induces
stimulus control
physical principles underpinning the science of behavior - ‘behavior analysis’
behaviorism
how the environment changes an individual over their lifetime
ontogeny
a statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement
prediction
a natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter
experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
a short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a long-term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior
reinforcement trap
passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling
cultural selectionism
a controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or more different conditions (independent variable)
experiment
demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced
verification
repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and increase internal validity
replication
The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.
independent variable
all forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect of function
selectionism
The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate during the environmental history of a species.
phylogeny
The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations, rather than more generally across situations.
situational ethics
The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.
dependent variable
Defined as an assumption of an “inner” dimension as the explanation of behavior
mentalism
