Behavior Modification Ch. 01 Key Terms

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Applied behavior analysis

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a term often used interchangeably with the term behavior modification, it involves analyzing and modifying human behavior

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Behavior

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is the subject matter of behavior modification. This is what an organism says or does; it involves actions.

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Behavior modification

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the field of psychology concerned with analyzing and modifying human behavior (also called applied behavior analysis)

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Behavioral deficit

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a desirable target behavior that a person seeks to increase in frequency, duration, or intensity

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Behavioral excess

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an undesirable target behavior that a person seeks to decrease in frequency, duration, or intensity

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Controlling variable

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is the environmental events (antecedents and consequences) that influence the probability of a particular behavior. The controlling variables are the antecedents and consequences that are functionally related to the behavior

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Covert behavior

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is behavior that is not observable to others. These behaviors are also called private events

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Dimension of behavior

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is an aspect of the behavior that can be measured and modified. Relevant dimensions may include frequency, rate, duration, intensity latency, inter response

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Experimental analysis of behavior/ BEHAVIORISM

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is the scientific study of behavior and the types of environmental events that are functionally related to the occurrence of behavior. Involves laboratory research with non-humans and humans: continuous measurement (research)

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Law of effect

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states that a behavior that produces a favorable effect on the environment will be more likely to be repeated in the future

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Overt behavior

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behavior that can be observed and recorded by a person other than the one engaging in the behavior

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Target behavior

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the behavior to be modified

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Behaviors of technology

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Not continuous data tracking, applying principles of behavior

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defining characteristics of ABA

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applied (socially significant), behavioral (organism does), analytic (functional relation between dependent and independent), technological (broad overview of define procedures/outline steps: operationally define), conceptually systematic (define behavior/procedures details), effective (results produced significant outcome), generality (generalize to people, places overtime)