VERIFED ACE THE TEST
ABAB reversal design - ANSWER ✔✔A single case design in which
baseline and intervention conditions are repeated with the same person
Alternating treatments design - ANSWER ✔✔a single case design in
which two or more interventions alternate systematically
Antecedents - ANSWER ✔✔environmental events that occur before a
behavior
Applied behavior analysis - ANSWER ✔✔the attempt to solve
behavior problems by providing antecedents and/or consequences that
change behavior
, Aversion therapy - ANSWER ✔✔a form of sensitization training in
which a stimulus that arouses an inappropriate positive response is
paired with an aversive stimulus. Used especially in the treatment of
drug abuse and criminal sexual behavior such as pedophilia.
Backup reinforcer - ANSWER ✔✔A reinforcer that may be received in
exchange for a token. (See token economy.)
Backward chaining - ANSWER ✔✔A chaining procedure that begins
with the last element in the chain and progresses to the first element.
Baseline - ANSWER ✔✔A period during which the target behavior is
recorded, but no attempt is made to modify it.
Behavior - ANSWER ✔✔Anything a person does that can be
observed.
Behavior analysis - ANSWER ✔✔The science of behavior change;
the study of the functional relations between behavior and environmental
events.
Behavior chain - ANSWER ✔✔A sequence of related behaviors, each
of which provides the cue for the next, and the last of which produces a
reinforcer.