terms and concepts Flashcards
8th Amendment
protects from cruel and unusual punishment.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
(1990) Protects people with disabilities from discrimination.
Year: Convention on Rights of PWD
2006.
Year: Community Mental Health Act
1963.
Wyatt standards
from Wyatt vs. Stickney. Foundation of safety and standard of living for “institutions”.
Year: Declaration on the Rights of Mentally (R) Persons
1971.
Olmstead vs. LC
(1999) focus on state funded supports.
Developmental Disabilities Assistance & Bill of Rights
(2000) focus on access to community services.
Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(2015) focus on grants and contracts.
ABA
Application to principles of behavior to socially significant issues in order to produce meaningful and measurable change.
Pavlov
classical conditioning
Edward Thornd..
influential conditioning (dogs and kittens)
John Watson
(1913) Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner
(1930) Operant conditioning
Dr. O lavar Lovass
(1960) language
7 Dimensions of ABA (list)
- applied
- behavioral
- analytic
- technological
- conceptual
- effective
- generality
Applied (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention deals with a problem of social importance.
Behavioral (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention and resulting behavior change can be observed and measured, and thus be validated.
Analytic (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention can be objectively demonstrated that the intervention caused the change in behavior.
Technological (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention is described well enough that it can be replaced by others and produce the same results.
Conceptual (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention is based on a specific theory and not from a random collection of disassociated activities.
Effective (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention produces robust and important effects.
Generality (7 Dimensions of ABA)
The intervention is designed to operate in new environmental and continue after formal treatment ends.
Behavior is…
a. positive
b. negative
c. neutral
c. neutral
The dead man test
if a dead man can’t do it, it’s a behavior.
behavior
observable and measurable.
Primary reinforcers
biological, basic needs (food, drink, etc)
secondary reinforcers
learned (stickers, a good grade, money)
punishment
to decrease undesirable behavior
positive punishment
add something to decrease undesirable behavior
negative punishment
take something away to reduce undesirable behavior
positive reinforcement
add something to increase behavior
negative reinforcement
take away something to increase behavior
discriminative stimuli
behavior they have triggered in the past has a history of reinforcement.
Deprivation state
the reinforcer cannot be something that they want and can get whenever they want.
3- Term Contingency
ABC’s
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
Functions of Behavior
- To escape something
2. To gain something
