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ABA Reversal ✔✔A basic single-subject design in which baseline measurements (A) are
contrasted with measurements during treatment (B) across conditions which alternate to
determine causal effects.
adjunctive behavior ✔✔Excessive (possibly arbitrary) behaviors that occur between trials or
between reinforcers.
analytical pragmatism ✔✔A set of principles and philosophies that reflect a commitment to
practical, behavioral methods of assessment and analysis.
appetitive stimulus ✔✔A positively reinforcing stimulus.
applied behavior analysis ✔✔The use of basic behavior principles to analyze and solve practical
problems.
,aversion therapy ✔✔A Pavlovian procedure in which stimuli that elicit inappropriate behaviors
are paired with an aversive stimulus (shock, emetics, ammonia) to produce strong conditioned
responses (nausea, fear, etc). Used to treat child molestation, alcohol abuse, etc.
aversive stimulus ✔✔A noxious or unpleasant stimulus.
backward chaining ✔✔A method used to train chained performances in which the last behavior
in the chain is trained first; then each preceding behavior is gradually introduced.
baseline ✔✔The base rate of behavior, before intervention, against which the efficacy of
experimental manipulations is compared.
behavior analysis ✔✔A comprehensive experimental approach to the study of behavior with the
objective of investigating, identifying, describing,and using the general principles and laws
which govern behavior.
behavior trapping ✔✔Teaching of a new behavior that becomes trapped (or maintained) through
natural contingencies of reinforcement.
, behavioral medicine ✔✔A behavior change program that targets health-related activities such as
patient compliance, taking medicines, exercise regimens, etc..
behavioral repertoire ✔✔The full set of behaviors that an organism does. Everything that an
organism does, including both overt and covert actions, like thinking.
belongingness ✔✔The idea that a subject's evolutionary history causes some responses and
relationships to be more easily learned.
changing criterion ✔✔A research design in which the rate of the target response is progressively
changed (up or down). Used when the final level of the target response is radically different from
baseline and likely to resist change (Example: smoking).
classical conditioning ✔✔A procedure in which a neutral stimulus (NS) comes to elicit a
conditioned response (CR) as a result of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
compound stimulus ✔✔A stimulus that is composed of several components.
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ABA Reversal ✔✔A basic single-subject design in which baseline measurements (A) are
contrasted with measurements during treatment (B) across conditions which alternate to
determine causal effects.
adjunctive behavior ✔✔Excessive (possibly arbitrary) behaviors that occur between trials or
between reinforcers.
analytical pragmatism ✔✔A set of principles and philosophies that reflect a commitment to
practical, behavioral methods of assessment and analysis.
appetitive stimulus ✔✔A positively reinforcing stimulus.
applied behavior analysis ✔✔The use of basic behavior principles to analyze and solve practical
problems.
,aversion therapy ✔✔A Pavlovian procedure in which stimuli that elicit inappropriate behaviors
are paired with an aversive stimulus (shock, emetics, ammonia) to produce strong conditioned
responses (nausea, fear, etc). Used to treat child molestation, alcohol abuse, etc.
aversive stimulus ✔✔A noxious or unpleasant stimulus.
backward chaining ✔✔A method used to train chained performances in which the last behavior
in the chain is trained first; then each preceding behavior is gradually introduced.
baseline ✔✔The base rate of behavior, before intervention, against which the efficacy of
experimental manipulations is compared.
behavior analysis ✔✔A comprehensive experimental approach to the study of behavior with the
objective of investigating, identifying, describing,and using the general principles and laws
which govern behavior.
behavior trapping ✔✔Teaching of a new behavior that becomes trapped (or maintained) through
natural contingencies of reinforcement.
, behavioral medicine ✔✔A behavior change program that targets health-related activities such as
patient compliance, taking medicines, exercise regimens, etc..
behavioral repertoire ✔✔The full set of behaviors that an organism does. Everything that an
organism does, including both overt and covert actions, like thinking.
belongingness ✔✔The idea that a subject's evolutionary history causes some responses and
relationships to be more easily learned.
changing criterion ✔✔A research design in which the rate of the target response is progressively
changed (up or down). Used when the final level of the target response is radically different from
baseline and likely to resist change (Example: smoking).
classical conditioning ✔✔A procedure in which a neutral stimulus (NS) comes to elicit a
conditioned response (CR) as a result of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
compound stimulus ✔✔A stimulus that is composed of several components.
