ABA

The condition of being full or beyond satisfaction. ( too much)

Adding a preferred item/activity that increases behavior

Jay screams when left alone on the playground. Each time, his teachers come up to him and ask him what is wrong. They realize he is doing it for their attention. They begin ignoring the behavior. Jay initially screams more, but gradually stops when he realizes it does not have the effect he was looking for.

Antecedent -Behavior -Consequence

The condition of having too little or not enough

Any consequence of behavior whose removal leads to an increase in the rate of the behavior

Giving a child a small piece of cookie when verbal prompts and whole cookie when no prompting needed

Observable and Measurable

A type of reinforcer a person is born needing

Method of reinforcing successive approximations in order to teach a behavior has been found to be effective in both humans and animals.

The ABA instructor gives Johnny the instruction, "Touch your head." This is the term that the instruction refers to

If a dead man can do it then it is not a behavior

A stimulus that has acquired a reinforcing value through pairing with a primary reinforcer.

occurs when the reinforcing consequence to a particular behavior is removed from the environment

Susan goes to the grocery store, picks out various food items to cook for dinner that night, and proceeds to pay the clerk at the cash register. This is an example of this type of reinforcement (Primary or Secondary?)

The Father of ABA

Events that happen before the antecedent or trigger for the challenging behavior.

The target behavior is followed by reinforcement or punishment to either strengthen or weaken it, so that the learner is more likely to exhibit the desired behavior in the future.