Topic 1 Flashcards
overt
objectively measurable
- verbal
- motor
covert
not observable by others
- “priv events”
- thoughts and feelings
target behaviour
behaviour to be modified (what)
response
one instance or occurrence of behavior (when)
response class
group of responses with the same function
- each response produces same effect (same consequences)
(get you where you want to be)
repertoire
collection of behaviours a person can perform
what is behaviour not?
- personality trait
- diagnostic label
- product of behaviour
what is the Dead Man Test?
if a dead man can do it, then it ain’t behaviour, and if a dead man can’t do it, then it is a behaviour
how can behaviour and environment interact?
- enviro can lead to certain behaviour
- behaviour can affect one’s enviro
- enviro consequences of behaviour can affect subsequent behaviour
psychology
scientific study of human behavior and mental processing
theoretical
conceptual thinking
experiemental
basic research, often with animals in a lab
applied
practical research and treatments to solve a problem, usually on people, in real world
behaviourism
philosophy of science of behavior
- behaviour is lawful and controlled by enviro events
experimental analysis of behaviour (EAB)
other name: behaviour analysis
- procedures based on behavioral principles
- basic scientific research on functional relationship b/w enviro events and resulting behavior
behaviour modification
application of experimentally derived laws of learning to human behaviour and providing behaviour analytic services to consumers
what is b-mod?
- analyzing relationship between enviro and behaviour
- changing enviro to help people modify behaviour
- reach goal of improving people’s lives
characteristics of b-mod
- defines problems in terms of measurable behaviour
- solutions evaluated in terms of those same behaviours
- treatment work by affecting enviro, stimuli, perceptible
- defined specifically
- based on scientific study of learning, 2 kinds of conditioning
- emphasis on scientific evidence in evaluating effectiveness of intervention
- does not rely on hypothetical constructs
- high importance on accountability for all
myths and misconceptions + rebuttals
rewards is bribery
- behaviours persist bc of reinforcement
ignore root cause and treat symptoms
- antecedent causes are important, root not always determined
dont dealing with thoughts/feelings
- can be applied to cognitions
applied only to simple problems
- works with all kinds
make people dependent on external incentives; ruins intrinsic motivation
- well-designed
only children and disabled
- applies to anyone
outdated
- gains new relevance for autism
dehumanizing methods
- ethics to prevent abuse
applied behaviour analysis
ABA
- knowledge about behaviour to reduce socially undesirable behaviours and increase desirable
- some think this is equivalent to applied behaviour analysis
- other replace b-mod for aba
- others see apa as category in b-mod: a) aba only operant conditioning b) apply respondent conditioning c) behaviour therapy, cog beh therapy
what does behaviour therapy treat?
dysfunctional behaviour
what was psych in 19th cen?
scientific study of conscious experience (in head)
criticism: not objective, unreliable
what was psych in 20th cen?
science of observable behaviour
Pavlov
respondent behaviour are involuntary
elicited by stimuli
- conditioned reflex
S-R psych: enviro events and stimuli affect response