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What is behavior?
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what people do and say
actions observable can be measured lawful can impact the environment varies ever changing |
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What is ABA?
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the direct application and measurement of behavior change principles in non lab, everyday situations and settings.
applies behavior principles to produce socially significant changes in behavior. |
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Method use of scientific inquiry in ABA:
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Objective Descriptions
Quantification Controlled Experimentation |
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Defining characteristics of ABA:
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applied
behavioral (only the target) analytic (data driven) technological (can be replicated) conceptually systematic effective generality |
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Assumptions of ABA:
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behaviors are:
learned (therefore can be changed) stimulus specific taught, changed modified |
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Watson
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stimulus - response relationships
-all behavior controlled by environment -started 'behaviorism' movement |
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Pavlov
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Classical/Respondent Conditioning
-studied behavior as a science |
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Skinner
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Operant Conditioning
-considered to be father of ABA -started experimental analysis of behavior -founded the radical behaviorism movement -founded the radical behaviorism movement |
