Week 6

Question 1

Behaviour Modification:

• A_________ human behaviour
• M_________ human behaviour

Answer 1

Analysing; Modifying

Question 2

R________ behaviourism is associated with Behaviour Modification

Answer 2

Radical

Question 3

Behaviour Modification is now superceded by __________ __________ __________

Answer 3

applied behaviour analysis

Question 4

Emphasis on current events and stimuli is present in __________ ____________

Answer 4

Behaviour Modification

Question 5

_________ behaviours: the focus of a behaviour modification program

Answer 5

Target behaviour

Question 6

Behavioural Assessment leads to defining our _______ behaviour

Answer 6

target

Question 7

What is the focus of a behaviour modification program?

Answer 7

Target Behaviours

Question 8

_______ ____________: Defined specifically in order to be measured and monitored to assess change

Answer 8

Target Behaviour

Question 9

4 Steps in Behavioural Assessment:
1 Identify and describe _______ behaviour
2 Identify possible ________ of behaviour
3 Guide the selection of an appropriate ___________ treatment
4 __________ treatment outcome

Answer 9

Target; Causes; Behavioural; Evaluate

Question 10

Three branches of Behaviour Analysis:
1 B____________
2 E__________ B________ A_________
3 Applied Behaviour Analysis

Answer 10

Behaviourism; Experimental Behaviour Analysis;

Question 11

________ __________ (vs ABA) is a broader term describing all explicit applications of behaviour principles

Answer 11

Behaviour Modification

Question 12

Functional Assessment:

• What are the A_________?
• What are the immediate C___________

Answer 12

Antecedents; Consequences

Question 13

APPLIED:

• Selected behaviours need to be socially ___________
• Behaviour needs to be I___________ to the individual
• They needs to be important to the individual’s ________

Answer 13

Acceptable; Important; Family

Question 14

________ of behaviour is a key focus of ABA

Answer 14

Control

Question 15

If there are several ________ behaviours, it is important to prioritise the behaviours in order of importance

Answer 15

target

Question 16

Identifying the function of a behaviour = Manipulation of ___________ events + O_________ in changes of behaviour

Answer 16

Environmental; Observation

Question 17

Behaviour Modification: ANALYTIC
- The aim is to demonstrate a __________ relationship between the treatment and any observed changes in the target behaviour

Answer 17

Functional

Question 18

Technological: When conducting experiments and implementing behavioural interventions, procedures beed to be thoroughly and accurately __________

Answer 18

described

Question 19

Conceptually ____________: Interventions need to be based on basic behaviour principles derived from empirically validated research

Answer 19

Systematic

Question 20

Obtaining _________ behaviour is important to inspecting if your intervention is actually working

Answer 20

Baseline

Question 21

What are the four dimensions of behaviour?
1 Fr\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
2 Du\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
3 In\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
4 La\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 21

Frequency; Duration; Intensity; Latency

Question 22

To be known as a behaviour, does it have to have an impact of some kind on the surrounding environment?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

Behavior is _________; that is, its occurrence is systematically influenced by environmental events

Answer 23

lawful

Question 24

behavior is influenced by, or occurs as a function of, ___________ event

Answer 24

environmental

Question 25

An _______ behavior is an action that can be observed and recorded by a person other than the one engaging in the behavior.

Answer 25

overt

Question 26

_______ behaviors, also called private events (Skinner, 1974), are not observable by others.

Answer 26

Covert

Question 27

__________ __________ is the applied science and professional practice concerned with analyzing and modifying human behavior

Answer 27

Behavior modification

Question 28

_____________ means identifying the functional relationship between environmental events and a particular behavior to understand the reasons for the behavior or to determine why a person behaved as he or she did

Answer 28

Analyzing

Question 29

____________ means developing and implementing procedures to help people change their behavior

Answer 29

Modifying

Question 30

Behavioral _________ and _______ are targets for change with behavior modification procedures

Answer 30

excesses; deficits

Question 31

In behavior modification, the behavior to he modified is called the _______ _________.

Answer 31

target behavior

Question 32

A behavioral _________ is an undesirable target behavior the person wants to decrease in frequency, duration, or intensity

Answer 32

excess

Question 33

A behavioral deficit is a desirable target behavior the person wants to increase in frequency, duration, or intensity

Answer 33

deficit

Question 34

___________’s core tenets are that behavior is lawful and controlled by environmental events occurring in close temporal relation to the behavior

Answer 34

behaviorism

Question 35

The scientific study of behavior is called the _________ _________ of behavior, or behavior analysis

Answer 35

experimental analysis

Question 36

The scientific study of human behavior to help people change behavior in meaningful ways is called ________ _______ ________

Answer 36

applied behavior analysis

Question 37

Human behavior is controlled by events in the immediate environment, and the goal of behavior modification is to identify these _______ _________

Answer 37

controlling variables

Question 38

_______ __________ procedures involve specific changes in environmental events that are functionally related to the behavior

Answer 38

Behavior modification