Week 1

Question 1

7 Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis

Answer 1

1. Applied – Social Significance
2. Behavioral - Observable
3. Analytic - Data
4. Technological – Manualizable
5. Conceptually systematic
6. Effective
7. Generalizable

Question 2

Applied

Answer 2

Target behaviour is of social significance

Question 3

Behavioural

Answer 3

The study of directly observable behaviour

Question 4

Analytic

Answer 4

ABA emphasizes believable demonstrations of relations between behaviours of interest and environmental variables, interventions, and treatments under study

Question 5

Technological

Answer 5

ABA emphasizes thorough and accurate descriptions of procedures in both research and clinical applications

Question 6

Conceptually Systematic

Answer 6

Basic principles, supported by decades of research and thousands of studies, underlie all practices of ABA

Question 7

Effective

Answer 7

Effectiveness is a dimension that emphasizes the practical quality of ABA practices. That is, the effectiveness dimension of ABA focuses on whether the individual whose behaviour was changed and the family and care providers of the individual view the behaviour change to be practical and significant

Question 8

Generality

Answer 8

Places an emphasis on the extent to which gains are generalizable to other settings, caregivers, or behaviours