PSYCO 282 - Intro to Behaviour Modification Questions And Answers Graded A+

behaviour - a simple action that can be overt or covert 5 characteristics of behaviour - involves a person's actions (behaviour is described in action terms); not a static characteristic (eg. angry is not a behaviour) - measurable dimensions (frequency, duration, intensity, latency) - observed, described, and recorded by others or by the person engaging in the behaviour - has an impact on the environment - lawful (occurence is systematically influence by environmental events) target behaviour - the behaviour to be modified response - one instance or occurence of a behaviour response class - a group of responses with the same function; each response in the group produces the same effect on the environment repertoire - the collection of all behaviours a person can perform psychology - the scientific study of behaviour and mental processing. aspects of psychology - theoretical: conceptual thinking experimental: basic research, often with animals in a lab applied: practical research and treatments to solve real-world problemsthe scientific study of learning has three branches: - behaviourism: philosophy of the science of behaviour - initially developed by JB Watson - behaviour is lawful and controlled by environmental events occuring in close temporal relation to the behaviour environmental analysis of behaviour(EAB or behaviour analysis behaviour modification experimental analysis of behaviour(EAB or behaviour analysis) - basic scientific research on the functional relationship between environmental events and resulting behaviour - scientific study of behaviour behaviour modification - the application of experimentally derived laws of learning to human behaviour - includes analyzing the relationship between environment and behaviour - and changing the environment to help people modify their behaviour characteristics of behaviour modification - - focus on behaviour (de-emphasizes labelling) - guided by the theory and philosophy of behaviourism - procedures based on behavioural principles - emphasis on current environmental events - precise description of behaviour modification procedures - treatment implemented by people in everyday life >>> can be implemented by non-professionals - measurement of behaviour change - de-emphasis on past events as causes of behaviour - rejection of hypothetical underlying causes of behaviour>>> no Freudian psychoanalytic approaches