Unit 1 Flashcards
Type of work conducted in early behavior analysis
Topography-based bx modification/management
Populations served in early behavior analysis
Prisoners; severe autism, mental retardation, schizophrenia
Conducted the early applications of behavior analysis
Behavioral experimental psychology graduates
Used by ABA pioneers to evaluate effectiveness in the real world
Early applications of EAB
Year ABA was formalized
1968
Caused the drift to behavior modification and management
Institutional need for “behavior modifiers”
Approach used by behavior modifiers
“Topography-based” behavior reduction
Focuses only on problem bx
Behavior Management
4 Characteristics of Bx Mod
Cook-book approach
Topography-based
Technologist
Procedures at the core
4 Characteristics of Behavior Analysis
Individualized
Function-based
Analysts
Basic principles at the core
4 Characteristics of Problem Behavior
Minimizes achieving meaningful outcomes
Minimizes access to reinforcers
Maximizes contact with punishers
May result in restricted access to community
5 parameters of Problem Behavior
Rate (too high) IRT (too short) Duration (too long) Severity/intensity (too high) Wrong place, situation, or time
Model for treating problem bx based on form of the bx
Topography-based treatment model
Characteristics of Topography-based Treatment
Delivered aversive &restrictive punishers
Used artificial &arbitrary reinforcers
Used thinned reinforcement schedules
Cook-book approach
one size fits all
Taught non-functional incompatible behaviors
Topography-based DRI
Alternative bx benefited caregivers and not client
Topography-based DRA