EDF 6225 EXAM I SIMPLIFIED
REVISION SUMMARY
response
An action of an organisms effector
Specific instance of behavior
Response Class
topographically different, but functionally similar responses
is strengthened or weakened by operant conditioning
Stimulus Control
Relation between a stimulus and a response when the
stimulus sets the occasion for which the response will
likely have a consequence (SD)
Topography
What does it look like?
The form of the behavior
Operant Behavior
Any behavior whose frequency is determined primarily by
its history of consequences, their relationship to controlling
variables, a set of contingencies
Voluntary, based on learning history, and emit/evoke
Operant Conditioning
Process & selective effects of consequences on behavior
Consequences only affect future behavior
Involves reinforcement & punishment
Respondent Behavior
Reflexive behavior. Responses are elicited by stimuli that
immediately precede them. Antecedent stimulus &
,response elicits form a functional unit called a reflex.
INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE
Respondent Conditioning
AKA classical conditioning, most effective when the
neutral stimulus (NS) is presented just
before/simultaneously to unconditioned stimulus (US)
Characteristics of ABA
Commitment to effecting improvements in behaviors
enhanced & improve people's lives
Must be measurable
Experimenter must show a functional relation between the
manipulated events & a reliable change in some
measurable dimension of the target behavior
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Theory driven research that focuses on processes
Conducted across species in lab/contrived settings
Quality results demonstrated experimental control
Discovers principles and theories
Applied Behavior Analysis
Applied research
ABA applies principles/theories to solved socially
significant problems
Natural environment
Generally focuses on humans aligns with 7 dimensions of
ABA
Develops technologies for practitioners
Behavior Service Delivery
Professional practice to solve problems for clients
Use of technologies to address immediate needs of the
client
Natural environment
, Socially valid methods/results
Results focus on current bx or setting & remediating
symptoms
Philosophy and Conceptual Analysis
Informs the other domains of behavior analysis
Radical Behaviorism is the underlying philosophy
All behavior (private and public) follows the same
principles
science
Definition of science lies w/in the behavior of scientists,
not the instruments or materials they use
Only known as science due to an overriding idea of
"scientific method"
Fundamental assumptions about the nature of events
6 Attitudes of science
Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parsimony
Philosophical Doubt
Philosophical Doubt
Science's guiding consequences
The continuous questioning of the truthfulness & validity of
all scientific theory & knowledge
Involves the use of scientific evidence before
implementing a new practice, then constantly monitoring
the effectiveness of the practice after is implementation
Parsimony
Sciences conservative value
The idea that simple, logical explanations/conceptually
REVISION SUMMARY
response
An action of an organisms effector
Specific instance of behavior
Response Class
topographically different, but functionally similar responses
is strengthened or weakened by operant conditioning
Stimulus Control
Relation between a stimulus and a response when the
stimulus sets the occasion for which the response will
likely have a consequence (SD)
Topography
What does it look like?
The form of the behavior
Operant Behavior
Any behavior whose frequency is determined primarily by
its history of consequences, their relationship to controlling
variables, a set of contingencies
Voluntary, based on learning history, and emit/evoke
Operant Conditioning
Process & selective effects of consequences on behavior
Consequences only affect future behavior
Involves reinforcement & punishment
Respondent Behavior
Reflexive behavior. Responses are elicited by stimuli that
immediately precede them. Antecedent stimulus &
,response elicits form a functional unit called a reflex.
INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE
Respondent Conditioning
AKA classical conditioning, most effective when the
neutral stimulus (NS) is presented just
before/simultaneously to unconditioned stimulus (US)
Characteristics of ABA
Commitment to effecting improvements in behaviors
enhanced & improve people's lives
Must be measurable
Experimenter must show a functional relation between the
manipulated events & a reliable change in some
measurable dimension of the target behavior
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Theory driven research that focuses on processes
Conducted across species in lab/contrived settings
Quality results demonstrated experimental control
Discovers principles and theories
Applied Behavior Analysis
Applied research
ABA applies principles/theories to solved socially
significant problems
Natural environment
Generally focuses on humans aligns with 7 dimensions of
ABA
Develops technologies for practitioners
Behavior Service Delivery
Professional practice to solve problems for clients
Use of technologies to address immediate needs of the
client
Natural environment
, Socially valid methods/results
Results focus on current bx or setting & remediating
symptoms
Philosophy and Conceptual Analysis
Informs the other domains of behavior analysis
Radical Behaviorism is the underlying philosophy
All behavior (private and public) follows the same
principles
science
Definition of science lies w/in the behavior of scientists,
not the instruments or materials they use
Only known as science due to an overriding idea of
"scientific method"
Fundamental assumptions about the nature of events
6 Attitudes of science
Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parsimony
Philosophical Doubt
Philosophical Doubt
Science's guiding consequences
The continuous questioning of the truthfulness & validity of
all scientific theory & knowledge
Involves the use of scientific evidence before
implementing a new practice, then constantly monitoring
the effectiveness of the practice after is implementation
Parsimony
Sciences conservative value
The idea that simple, logical explanations/conceptually
