Unit 5 Flashcards
A functional assessment method involving direct observation of the antecedents, the target behavior, and the consequences of the behavior.
ABC observation
A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client’s natural environment.
ABC recording
A stimulus or event that precedes the target behavior.
Antecedent
The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and says
Behavior
The likelihood that a given behavior will occur in a given circumstance.
Conditional probability
A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest
Conseuqence
Exchanging the two reinforcement contingencies for two topographically different responses.
Contingency reversal
Direct observation of problem behavior and the antecedent and consequent events under naturally occurring conditions.
Descriptive functional behavior assessment
Behavioral evaluation involving direct observation and recording of the behavior as it occurs.
Direct assessment
Occurs when the behavior that is measured is the same as the behavior that is the focus of the investigation.
Direct measurement
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship between the environmental events and the behavior.
Functional analysis
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship between the environmental events and the behavior.
Functional analysis
A systemic method of assessment for obtaining information about the purposes a problem behavior serves for a person.
Functional behavior assessment
A response that results in the same reinforcing outcome as an alternative response. The response serves the same function as the alternative response.
Functionally equivalent
Structured interviews, checklists, rating scales, or questionnaires used to obtain information from people who are familiar with the person exhibiting the problem behavior.
Indirect functional assessment
A statement describing a functional relation between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables with generality across organisms, species, settings, behavior, and time.
Principle of behavior
Occurs when a stimulus change immediately follows a response and increases the future frequency of that type of behavior in similar conditions.
Reinforcement
A single instance of an occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior.
Response
A two-dimensional graph that shows the relative distribution of individual measures in a data set with respect to the variables depicted in the x and y-axis; data points are unconnected.
Scatterplot
A group of stimuli that all have the same functional effect on a particular behavior. For example, each stimulus in a stimulus class may function as a discriminative stimulus for a particular behavior.
Stimulus class
A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus.
Stimulus control
The observer provides instructions or arranges for specific events or activities to occur during the observation period.
Structured observation
The antecedent that is present when the behavior occurs, the behavior, and the reinforcing consequence.
Three-term-contingency
A stimulus change that decreases the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it, irrespective of the organism’s learning history with the stimulus.
Unconditioned punisher
