ABA 622 MIDTERM COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE
◉ Behaviorist philosophical view.
Answer: measuring/considering actions you can directly observe
with one's senses
◉ ABA tenants.
Answer: 1. seeing behavior as data
2. continuity between behavior and events
3. prediction and control of behavior
4. environmental explanations of behavior
5. and seeing the study of behavior as a natural science
◉ Primary criticisms of behaviorism.
Answer: 1. Behaviorism can be considered dehumanizing
2. too much work for a client to do without enough reward
3. limiting the client's personal freedom
◉ habituation.
,Answer: decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As
infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus,
their interest wanes and they look away sooner.
ex. being used to the sound of the air conditioner
◉ extinction.
Answer: the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in
classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does
not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant
conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.
ex. ringing the bell over and over again with no food coming
◉ Satiation.
Answer: A decrease in the frequency of operant behavior presumed
to be the result of continued contact with or consumption of a
reinforcer that has followed the behavior.
ex. eating a LOT of ice cream before being reinforced with ice cream
◉ six major functions.
Answer: To gain attention (to gain social contact)
To gain a tangible
, To gain sensory stimulations
To escape from attention (social contact)
To escape from...demand, task, event, etc.
To escape from sensory stimulation
◉ most common function of behavior.
Answer: escape from demand
◉ alternative desirable behavior.
Answer: behavior that completely replaces undesirable behavior in
which the undesirable behavior cannot be done
◉ why is alternative desirable behavior important?.
Answer: 1. limits suppression
2. prevent the occurrence of dangerous or inappropriate behaviors
◉ Instructional mismatch.
Answer: if work is too easy or too hard for a student then
undesirable behaviors could occur
◉ pieces needed for behavioral support/intervention plan (BIP).
Answer: 1. Who's involved
GUIDE
◉ Behaviorist philosophical view.
Answer: measuring/considering actions you can directly observe
with one's senses
◉ ABA tenants.
Answer: 1. seeing behavior as data
2. continuity between behavior and events
3. prediction and control of behavior
4. environmental explanations of behavior
5. and seeing the study of behavior as a natural science
◉ Primary criticisms of behaviorism.
Answer: 1. Behaviorism can be considered dehumanizing
2. too much work for a client to do without enough reward
3. limiting the client's personal freedom
◉ habituation.
,Answer: decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As
infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus,
their interest wanes and they look away sooner.
ex. being used to the sound of the air conditioner
◉ extinction.
Answer: the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in
classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does
not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant
conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.
ex. ringing the bell over and over again with no food coming
◉ Satiation.
Answer: A decrease in the frequency of operant behavior presumed
to be the result of continued contact with or consumption of a
reinforcer that has followed the behavior.
ex. eating a LOT of ice cream before being reinforced with ice cream
◉ six major functions.
Answer: To gain attention (to gain social contact)
To gain a tangible
, To gain sensory stimulations
To escape from attention (social contact)
To escape from...demand, task, event, etc.
To escape from sensory stimulation
◉ most common function of behavior.
Answer: escape from demand
◉ alternative desirable behavior.
Answer: behavior that completely replaces undesirable behavior in
which the undesirable behavior cannot be done
◉ why is alternative desirable behavior important?.
Answer: 1. limits suppression
2. prevent the occurrence of dangerous or inappropriate behaviors
◉ Instructional mismatch.
Answer: if work is too easy or too hard for a student then
undesirable behaviors could occur
◉ pieces needed for behavioral support/intervention plan (BIP).
Answer: 1. Who's involved
