Functional Behavior Assessment and Applied Behavior Analysis, Exams of Science education

Functional Behavior Assessment and Applied Behavior Analysis, Exams of
Science education




behavior analysis - ANSWERthe science of behavior change; study of the
functional relations between behavior and environmental events



functional relation - ANSWERthe tendency of one event to vary in a regular
way with one or more other events



behavior - ANSWERanything a person does that can be observed



overt behavior - ANSWERbehavior that can be observed by someone other
than the person performing it



covert behavior - ANSWERbehavior that can be observed only by the person
performing it



respondent behavior - ANSWERbehavior that is most readily influenced by
events that precede it; reflexive behavior

, operant behavior - ANSWERbehavior that is readily influenced by events that
follow it



behavioral repertoire - ANSWERall the things an individual is capable of doing
at any given moment



environmental event - ANSWERany event in a person's environment that can
be observed



temporal relation - ANSWERthe relationship, in time, of environmental events
to behavior



antecedents - ANSWERenvironmental events that occur before a behavior



consequences - ANSWERenvironmental events that occur after a behavior;
any event that follows behavior



learning history - ANSWERall the environmental events (antecedents and
consequences) that have affected a person's behavior up to the present



applied behavior analysis - ANSWERthe attempt to solve behavior problems
by providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior;
concerned with understanding how environmental events change behavior



medical model - ANSWERthe view that behavior problems are merely
symptoms of an underlying psychological disorder