chapter 1- the abc of applied behavior analysis

Question 1

Antecedents

Answer 1

environment events that occur BEFORE a behavior

Question 2

daniel’s dictum

Answer 2

If you think this stuff is easy, you’re doing it wrong

Question 3

functional relation

Answer 3

the tendency of one event to vary in a regular way with one or more other events

Question 4

environmental event

Answer 4

any event in a person’s environment that can be observed.

Question 5

symptom substitution

Answer 5

the idea that if a behvior problem is solved without resolving the underlying psychological disorder, another behavior problem will take its place

Question 6

medical model

Answer 6

the view that behavior problems are merely symptoms of an underlying psychological disorder

Question 7

applied behavior analysis

Answer 7

the attempt to solve behavior problems by providing antecedents and/or consequences that change behavior

Question 8

behavior repertoire

Answer 8

all the things an individual is capable of doing at any given moment

Question 9

convert behavior

Answer 9

behavior that can be observed only by the person performing it

Question 10

behavior analysis

Answer 10

the science of behavior change

Question 11

overt behavior

Answer 11

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

Question 12

respondent behavior

Answer 12

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

Question 13

behavior

Answer 13

anything a person does that can be observed

Question 14

learning history

Answer 14

all the environment events ( antecedents and consequences) that have affected a person’s behavior up to the present

Question 15

consequences

Answer 15

environmental events that occur AFTER a behavior

Question 16

operant behavior

Answer 16

behavior that is readily influenced by events that follow it