Vocabulary Flashcards
Positive behavior supports
Behavior management system that focuses on behavior change that increases positive behaviors and decreases negative behaviors
Reinforcement
Any stimulus that is added or removed that increases likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future
Positive reinforcement
Adding stimulus
Increases behavior
Negative reinforcement
Removing stimulus
Increases behavior
ABC Contigency
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
Antecedent
What happens before the behavior
Behavior
What the action looks like
Consequence
What happens after the behavior
Operational definition
How to define behavior that is clear, measurable, and objective. Anyone reading the definition can understand and observe the behavior
Echoic
Verbal operant
Vocal stimulus
Point to point verbal response
Mand
Verbal operant
Occurs under conditions of deprivation/aversive control
Reinforced by the stimulus manded for or removal of a stimulus
Not reinforced by praise
Tact
Verbal operant
Occurs under non-verbal stimulus control such as an object or picture
Reinforced by praise
Intraverbal
Verbal antecedent followed by verbal responses
Can be between individuals (not point to point)
Or in a self dialogue
Autoclitic
Adjective/adverb that modifies the effects of mand and tact operants
Specification, quantification, etc.
Extinction
Removal of all reinforcements for a behavior