BCBA Tasklist 5th edition

Description

Using observation to describe a stimulus. Facts that are derived from systematically observed events.

Prediction

Guessing the probability of 1 event occurring when another event occurs.

Control

An experimental demonstration that manipulating 1 event (IV) results in a change in another event (DV) and this change can only be attributable to the IV.

3 Levels of Scientific

Understanding

description, prediction, control

Behaviorism

The philosophy of the science of behavior

Seven dimensions of behavior

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Generality

Any behavior change that persists across time, people, settings, and behavior.

Effective

Produces practical change in behavior that makes a meaningful difference individual’s life

Technological

Applied interventions are described well enough that they can be Implemented by anyone with training and resources

Applied

focus on socially significant behavior

Conceptually Systematic

uses principles of ABA

Analytical

functional relationship between intervention (IV) and behavior (DV)

Behavioral

observable and measurable

Selectionism

bx are kept/forgotten based on environment

Phylogenic

over a LONG period of time, through gene selection, think evolution

Ontogenic

change happens due to learning history

Cultural

behavior is passed from 1 person to another

Parsimony

consider simplest explanation first

Pragmatism

evaluate outcomes based on results and what will produce “effective action”

Empiricism

objective observation of events. experimentation over anecdotal.

Philosophical Doubt

always question outcomes and results of studies. healthy skepticism.

Radical behaviorsim

Philosophy of science of behavior that includes private events.

Public Event

events that are reliably seen, measured directly and consistently. you can see them happening.

Private Event

Thoughts, feelings, or things that happen under the skin (Heart rate, hormones etc.)

EAB

controlled lab setting, with anmials

ABA

research, experimentation, or clinical work that involves humans in real world settings. Applied and socially significant.

Professional Practice

using EAB and ABA to help clients (ex: working on RBTs or OBM)

Behavior

organism interacting with the environment.

Dead-Man’s Test

If a dead man can do it, it is not a behavior. Dead man can get rained on.

Non-example of Behavior

Dead Man test and State of being.

Response

a single instance of behavior (ex: one tap on the desk)

Response Class

group of responses that serve the same function not topographies. (ex: different ways to make a latte) Occur in the same environmental context

Stimulus

an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells. A noise, an object, a person, a sensation.

Antecedent

stimulus that evokes or abates a behavior

Consequence

stimulus that impacts future of behavior (R/P)

Stimulus Control

a change in the environment that changes bx (ex: you stay in normally, but friends are in town, so you stay up)

Stimulus Class

a group of stimuli that share common elements (formal, temporal, functional, arbitrary) it doesn’t mean the response is the same

Formal Stimulus Class

physical/topography similarities (ex: size, color, shape)

Temporal Stimulus Class

TIME both are antecedents or both are consequences

Functional Stimulus Class

same effect on behavior (ex: stop sign, stop gesture, saying stop)

Arbitrary Stimulus Class

evoke same response but not formally similar (sd: apple, banana, and grape R: fruit)

Respondent Behavior

reflexes, unconditioned (unlearned) responses to specific stimuli

Respondent Contingency

Stimulus → Response

Habituation

repeated presentation of the stimulus causes the behavior to diminish

Respondent Conditioning

neutral stimulus to gains the ability to elicit reflexes through respondent conditioning. (think Pavlov)

How to do Respondent Conitioning

US → UR
NS + US → UR

CR → CR

Higher-Order Conditioning

using a CS to pair another NS.

Operant Behavior

behavior created and conditioned by learning and consequences

Operant Contingency

S → R → S
A → B → C

Operant Conditioning

consequence alters the response

consequence only affect future behavior

consequence select response classes

R+, R-, P+, P-

R+

consequence that is added and inc behavior (attention, tangible)

R-

consequence that is removed and inc behavior (escape)

P+

consequence that is added and dec behavior (running laps)

P-

consequence that is removed and dec behavior (taking away ipad)

Rules for R+

-did it inc bx for future?

-added or taken?

-ID bx and consequence

Basic Scheduels of R+

Fixed or Variable

Ratio or Interval

Continuous R+

FR1 - R+ after every instance of behavior

Complex Scedules of R+

Concurrent

*Multiple

Mixed*

*Chained

Tandem*

*Alternative

Conjunctive*

Complex Schedules Memory Tool

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Concurrent Schedule

2+ contingencies of R+ for 2+ behaviors at the same time (ex: play alone vs peers)

Concurrent Matching Law

proportionate their responses to match each schedule (ex: FR1 -alone FR5- peers)

Mixed Schedule

alternate, random, sequenced. no SD (ex: R+ after 5 math problems or 10 mins of work) (you can’t tell which one is being ran)

Multiple Schedule

two or more basic schedules in an alternating random fashion paired with SDs to indicate which one is happening
ex: test forms are on different colors on paper.

Chained Schedule

2+ basic schedules. SD correlated with the scheduie. Occur in a specific order. Behavior might be the same for elements in the chain. Cndiitoned R+ is in the next step in the chain for the previous step until the end of the chain is complete.
ex: brush teeth

Tandem Schedule

2+ occur successively in correct order in a time (5 responses in 10 min).
ex: Jim’s trainer wants him to complete workout routine in the correct order AND with right amount of reps

Alternative Schedule

provides R+ when they meet the response requirement of any of the schedules.
ex: run 8 laps of run for 15 mins

Conjunctive Schedule

provides R+ wheen 2 or more schedules are completed (ALL) If R portion is completed wait for the first R after time interval is done.

Automatic Mediated Contingencies

bx is evoked, shaped, maintained, or weakened by variables w/o direct manipulation by other people (non-social) ex: red light, hunger, pain
-not always planned

-extinction does not work

-social isnt available

Automatic R+

R+ w/o social mediation. Sensory. Bx persist w/o known consequence