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ABA SAFMEDS

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Term
Definition
Interdependent Group Contingency   All participants who meet the criterion get a reward  
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Parsimony   Rule out simple explanations first  
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Formal Similarity   When controlling stimulus and response share the same sense mode and physically resemble each other  
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Relevance of Behavior Rule   Only behaviors likely to produce reinforcement in person's natural environment should be targeted for change  
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Transitivity   Stimulus equivalence A=B B=C A=C  
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Dimensions of ABA   BAT CAGE  
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Stimulus Equivalence   Emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non reinforced stimulus-stimulus relations  
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Treatment Drift   Independent variable of experiment is applied differently in later stages of study than at onset  
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Function Based Definition   Designates responses as members of the targeted response class solely in terms of their effect on environment  
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Unpairing   Occurrence alone of a stimulus that aquired it's function by being paired with an effective stimulus Occurrence of stimulus in absence and presence of effective stimulus  
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Postreinforcement Pause   Absence of responding for a period of time following reinforcement; common in fixed schedules  
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Respondent Behavior   NOT contingency shaped, It is elicited by an antecedent. Pavlov  
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Speaker   Someone who engages in verbal behavior by emitting mands/tacts/intraverbals/autoclictics ect  
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Partial Interval Recording   Time sampling; mark yes if behavior occurs at any point in the interval  
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Variable Interval DRO   Reinforcement is available at the end of a variable interval for the absence of problem behavior  
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Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors   Reinforcement is contingent on the absence of the problem behavior during specific times  
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Differential Reinforcement of High Rates   Reinforcement is provided at the end of an interval if the number of responses is greater than the criterion (gradually increasing)  
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Whole Interval Recording   Mark yes if behavior occurs throughout entire interval. Underestimates  
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CMO   MO whose value altering effect depends on a learning history  
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Variable-Momentary DRO   Reinforcement is available at specific moments separated by variable amounts of time if problem behavior is not occuring at that time  
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Differential Reinforcement of Diminishing Rates   Reinforcement provided at the end of an interval if if the number of responses is below a certain criteria (decreases over time)  
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Discontinuous Measurement   Way of collecting data where some instances of the response class may not be detected (time sampling)  
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Convergent Multiple Control   When single response is a function of more than one variable  
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Validity of Measurement   Is the measurement method used relevant to the behavior of interest?  
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Value Altering Effect   Alteration in reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus as a result of an MO  
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Fading   Procedure for transferring stimulus control in which features of an antecedent stimulus are gradually changed to a new stimulus while maintaining the current function  
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Event Recording   Measurement procedure for obtaining a tally or count of the number of time a behavior occurs  
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Single Subject Designs   Have baseline logic to demonstrate effects of independent variable. No control groups  
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Feature Stimulus Class   Stimuli that share common physical forms/structures or common relative relationships  
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Restitutional Overcorrection   When the learner is required to bring environment to it's original state then make it better than it was before  
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Total Task Training   Variation of forward chaining in which the learner receives training on each behavior in the chain each session  
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Reinforcer-Establishing Effect   Increase in the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus/event caused by an MO  
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Reinforcer-Abolishing Effect   Decrease in reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus/obj/event cause by an MO  
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Rule Governed Behavior   Behavior controlled by a rule; enables human behavior to come under indirect control of temporarily remote/improbable but potentially significant consequences  
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Motivating Operation   Environmental Variable Alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus/object/event Alters current frequency of all behaviors that have been reinforced by that stimulus/obj/event  
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Multiple Exemplar Training   Instruction that provides the learner with practice in a variety of stimulus conditions/response variations/response topographies to ensure generalization  
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Time Sampling   Measurement of the presence or absence of a bx in specific time intervals - use with continuous/high rate bxs  
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Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors   Reinforcement is delivered for a bx that is topographically incompatible with the behavior targeted for reduction and withheld following instances of the problem bx  
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Conditioned Stimulus   A formerly neutral stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior only after it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus  
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Establishing Operation   An MO that establishes the effectiveness of some stimulus/obj/event as a reinforcer  
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Operant Behavior   Behavior that is brought under stimulus control as a function of it's consequences.  
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Respondent Conditioning   Stimus-stimulus pairing procedure in which a neutral stimulus is presented with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus elicits the conditioned response  
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Operant Conditioning   Consequences result in an increased or decreased frequency of the same type of bx under similar motivational and environmental conditions in the future  
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Repertoire   All of the bxs a person can do/ set of bxs relevant to a particular setting/task  
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Reliability   Consistency of measurement / extent to which repeated measurement of the same event yields same values  
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Response Cost   Contingent loss of reinforcers producing a decrease in the frequency of bx before it - negative punishment  
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Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing   Two stimuli are presented at the same time - usually repeatedly resulting in one stimulus aquireing the function of the other  
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Momentary Time Sampling   Measurement Method - presence/absence of behaviors are recorded at precisely specified time intervals  
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Interresponse Time   Temporal Locus: time between two responses  
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Informed consent   When recipient of services/study participant gives permission before treatment A)demonstrate capacity to decide B)do so voluntarily C) Have adequate knowledge of all salient aspects of the treatment  
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Radical Behaviorism   Attempts to understand all human behavior including private events (thoughts/feelings) in terms of controlling variables  
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Unconditioned Negative Reinforcer   Stimulus that functions as negative reinforcer as a result of evolution  
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Unconditioned Punisher   Stimulus change that decreases any bx that precedes it without a learning history - primary/unlearned also  
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Unconditioned Stimulus   Stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior - no prior learning required  
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Tact   Evoked by nonverbal descriminative stimulus and followed by generalized conditioned reinforcement  
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Response Latency   Temporal Locus - measure of elapsed time between onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a response  
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Shaping   Using differential reinforcement to produce a series of gradually changing response classes, each response class is a successive approximation towards a final bx  
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Textual   Evoked by a verbal stimulus; has point to point correspondence but no formal similarity  
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Reflexivity   Stimulus to stimulus relation in which learner without any prior training selects a comparison stimulus that is the same as the sample (matching)  
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Level   Value of the vertical axis around which a series of behavioral measures converge  
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CMO-T   Environmental variable that as a result of a learning history establishes (or abolishes) the reinforcing effectiveness of another stimulus and evokes (or abates) the bx that has been reinforced by that other stimulus  
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UMO   MO whose value-altering effect does not depend on a learning history  
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Trend   Overall direction taken by data path.  
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Degree   Extent of variability of data points around trend (gradual/steep)  
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Functional Communication Training (FCT)   Antecedent intervention in which an appropriate communicative bx is taught as a replacement behavior for a problem bx  
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Systematic Desensitization   Treatment for anxiety that involves substituting one response (muscle relaxation) for anxiety.  
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Successive Approximaions   Sequence of new response classes that emerge during the shaping process as the result of differential reinforcement  
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Pivotal Behavior   Behavior that when learned produces corresponding modifications in other untrained behaviors  
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Symmetry   Stimulus equivalence A=B B=A  
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Function Altering Effect   Relatively permanent change in an organisms repertoire caused by reinforcement/punishment/extinction procedure or recovery from punishment  
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Respondent Behavior   The response component of a reflex. Elicited  
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Response Generalization   Extent to which a learner emits untrained responses that are functionally equivalent to the trained target bx  
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Social Validity   A progam is socially valid if it helps the learner in their natural environment  
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Rate   Ratio or count per observation time  
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Multiple Schedules of Reinforcement   2+ basic schedules of reinforcement in an alternating (usually random) sequence; Sd associated with each one  
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Concurrent Schedules of Reinforcement   When 2 or more contingencies of reinforcement operate independently and simultaneously for 2+ bxs  
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Mixed Schedules of Reinforcement   2+ basic schedules of reinforcement in an alternating sequence where there is no Sd so signify which is in place  
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Tandem Schedules of Reinforcement   2 or more basic schedule requirements that occur successively. Order does not matter  
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Alternative Schedules of Reinforcement   Provides reinforcement when requirement for EITHER ratio or interval is met.  
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Phases of Intervention   A PIE Assessment, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation  
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Indirect Assessment   Data obtained from recollections, or subjective ratings of events (interviews/checklists)  
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Direct Assessment   Provide information about subject's behavior as it occurs (tests, direct observations)  
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Ecological Assessment   The physical setting and the people in it.  
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Access Behaviors   Will this behavior create a benefit/open new environments (ex. sitting quietly, school environment)  
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Data Collection Methods for Descriptive FBA's   ABC Continuous/ ABC Narrative / Scatterplot  
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ABC Continuous Recording   Record occurrences of targeted problem behaviors and selected environmental events within the natural routine during specific period of time  
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ABC Narrative Recording   Data only collected when behaviors of interest are observed  
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6 Basic Client Rights   1. Ongoing assessment 2. Teach FXal skills  
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Operational Definitions   1. Objective 2. Clear 3. Complete  
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Free Operant Reinforcer Assessment   Fill environment with possible reinforcers and see what they choose  
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Methods of Stimulus Preference Assessment   1. Asking 2. Free Operant observations 3. Trail based methods  
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Paired Stimulus Preference Assessment   AKA forced choice Present two stimuli and record which was chosen. Every pair must be presented  
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Multiple Stimulus Preference Assessment   Present 3+ stimuli, can be WITH or WITHOUT replacement  
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Single Stimulus Preference Assessment   Present one item at a time and record the learners response to it  
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Elements of Behavior   1. individual 2. continuous 3.determined 4. extrinsic ICED  
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6 Components of Experiments   1. subject 2. behavior 3. setting 4. treatment/s 5. measurement system 6. experimental design  
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Types of Experimental Designs   1. Nonparametric 2. Parametric  
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Nonparametric Experimenal Design   IV either present or absent during study (baseline and one IV)  
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Parametric Experimental Design   The value of the IV is changed but it is not removed  
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Baseline Logic   3 parts; prediction, verification, replication  
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