Q2 Flashcards
Socially reinforcing functions
Attention
Tangible
Automatic (sensory)
Non social function of behavior
Escape from interaction
Escape from demand
Automatic (sensory)
Types of functional assessments
Direct observations
Informant methods
Functional analysis
Direct observations
Observer records
ABCs
Informant methods
Interviews
Questionnaires
Functional analysis
Antecedent and consequences are manipulated to understand their effect
Discriminative stimulus
A stimulus that signals availability of reinforcement
Serves as cue
Increase the probability that a behavior will occur
Motivating operations
Something that increases or decreases the current value of reinforcer and increases or decreases behavior that have resulted in that reinforcer in the past
SMIRC
Steege and Watson (2009)
Motivating operation- stimulus- individual variables- response- consequence
Response class
Group of behaviors sharing same function
Eg: Paul aggression and binging= tangibles
Response set
Two or more behaviors in a response class occur within the same context of a behavioral episode
Eg: Kelly headbanging and spitting at same time
Response class hierarchies
Members of the same response class occur as part of s predictable behavior chain
Behaviors tend to ———— in intensity as you move through the chain
Increase
The matching law
Determines which behaviors we will engage in when several different behaviors are available
Rate of responding is ———- to the rate of reinforcement available among choices
Proportional
