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
Cook-book approach
Topography-based
Technologist
Procedures at the core
4 characteristics of behavior
modification/management
Individualized
Function-based
Analysts
Basic principles at the core
4 characteristics of behavior analysis
Minimizes achieving meaningful outcomes
Minimizes access to reinforcers
Maximizes contact with punishers
May result in restricted access to community
4 characteristics of problem behavior
Rate (too high) IRT (too short) Duration (too long) Severity/intensity (too high) Wrong place, situation, or time
5 parameters of problem behavior
Model for treating problem bx based on form
of the bx
Topography-based treatment model
Delivered aversive & restrictive punishers
Used artificial & arbitrary reinforcers
Used thinned reinforcement schedules
4 characteristics of topography-based
treatment procedures
“One-size fits all” approach
Cook-book approach
Taught non-functional incompatible
behaviors
Topography-based DRI
Alternative bx benefited caregivers and not
client
Topography-based DRA
Contingent relations not broken
Bx did not maintain or generalize
Problem bx hidden under tight stimulus
control
3 limitations of the topography-based
treatment model
Model for treating problem bx based on the
function
Function-based treatment model
An appropriate form of communication is
taught to replace problem bx
Functional Communication Training (FCT)