Intro ABA Flashcards
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- What is behaviorism?
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- Scientific philosophy of behavior analysis.
- Natural-science approach to understand the causes of behavior.
- Behavior as a SUBJECT, not as a SYMPTOM.
A. The Determiants of behavior can be best identified by studying its Observable features.
B. Behavior is determined in large part by observable features of the environments.
C. Empirical approach.
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- List the 3 branches of behavior analysis.
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- Conceptual (Radical Behaviorism)
- Experimental (Basic Science)
- Applied (Technology)
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- Does it follow a social science or natural science approach?
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Natural-Science Approach.
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- Does it involve the study of individuals or groups?
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- Describe the behaviorist position that behavior is the proper subject matter of psychology.
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- Behavior is what people say and do.
- 2 measurable dimensions of behavior: frequency, duration, and intensity.
- Behavior can be observed, described, and recorded by the person or others.
- Behavior has an impact on environment- physical and social environments.
- Behavior is lawful, it’s happens systematically influenced by environmental events.
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- Name some areas of application of behavior analysis.
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- Addiction
- Aging
- Animal Behavior
- Autism
- Behavior safety
- Education
- Gambling
- Health
- Organizational Behavior Management
- Parent training
- Sports
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- Describe the scientific revolution in medicine. How does this relate to psychology (see: Cameron).
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- What are the 3 areas of scientific study of environment behavior interaction?
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1. Basic research on "normal" behavior.
A. Respondent (Classical) Conditioning
B. Operant Conditioning
2. Transitional Research
A. Experimental Neuroses
B. Human Operant Conditioning
3. Treatment of Abnormal Behavior
A. Behavior Therapy
B. Applied Behavior Analysis
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9a. Describe the primary accomplishments of Pavlov.
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- Digestive reflexes
- Respondent Conditioning
- Conditioned stimuli and responses
- Disruptive of learned reflexes in dogs (shock)
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9b. Describe the primary accomplishments of Thorndike.
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- “Instrumental behavior” in referring to behavior that produces useful consequences.
- Proposed “Law of Effect”
- Studied adaptive behavior (problem solving) in nonhumans.
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9c. Describe the primary accomplishments of Skinner.
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- Distinguished between Respondent (reflexive) and Operant (instrumental) learning.
- Conducted definitive research on learning processes.
- Extended learning principles as general theory to account for human activity.
- Radical Behaviorism
A. Founder of Experimental Analysis
B. Operant Conditioning
C. Includes complex human behavior, such as emotions, thinking, and verbal behavior.
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9d. Describe the primary accomplishments of Watson.
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- Methodological Behaviorism
- Thoughts and feelings out of the scope of science
- Extended conditioning principles to humans
- Little Albert experiment
- “Behaviorist Manifesto”
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- List and describe the 5 rules of scientific thinking.
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- Parsimony
- Falsifiability
- Comprehensiveness
- Honesty
- Suffjency
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10a. Describe, the simplest explanation are considered:
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Parsimony
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10b. Describe, form of evidence that can claim false. Unfalsiable are: vague, not testable, and explained via “multiple-outs.”
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Falsifiability
