Behavior Analysis Concepts QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

Behavior Analysis Concepts QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 Applied Behavior Analysis Focuses on observable behavior Intermittent Schedule of reinforcement when only some responses are reinforced Ratio Schedules Based on the number of responses Interval Schedules Based on the passage of time Topography Same as form; what the behavior looks like Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Generates information on variables maintaining behavior Observable behavior Allows for data collection, like throwing a tantrum Antecedent Setting or motivating variable affecting behavior, like in Anne's case Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) Guide to decrease inappropriate behaviors or teach replacement behaviors Functional Interview Key step before making a hypothesis about behavior function Antecedent interventions Best to use in BIP to address behavior triggers Non-contingent attention Antecedent intervention for gaining attention functions Stimulus demand fading Antecedent intervention for escaping a task functions Antecedent Interventions Strategies implemented before a behavior to prevent it Consequences Interventions Actions taken after a behavior to modify its occurrence Replacement Behaviors Substitute actions taught to replace undesirable behaviors Stimulus Control When behavior is influenced by specific stimuli presence or absence Setting Events Factors impacting behavior, like distant or proximal events Pairing Association of stimuli or individuals to influence behavior Variable Ratio of 7 (VR7) Reinforcement schedule after a variable number of responses Escape Behaviors Frequent due to thin reinforcement schedules Errorless Teaching Method to prevent errors in learning new behaviors Systematic Desensitization Therapeutic technique to reduce phobias or anxieties Increasing Pace Decreases likelihood of escape behaviors Inter-Trial Interval Time between trials in a learning session MOs Motivating Operations influencing behavior Functional Communication Training Teaching to mand/request as an antecedent intervention Motor Activity Schedule Regulates body awareness or self-stimulating behaviors Verbal Behavior Skinner's analysis of language into operants Vocal Imitation Synonymous with echoic behavior Mands First form of communication to develop in children Intraverbal Verbal behavior evoked by other's verbal stimuli Matching Law Rates of responding equal relative rates of reinforcemen