ABA Basics

Cognitive Theory places an emphasis on...

• Teachers impart knowledge

• Motivation is provided by teacher

• Students must construct their own knowledge in their own minds

• Behaviors and skills are the goal of instruction

Positive Reinforcement describes...

• A relation between two environmental events (behavior/consequence).

• Occurrence increases by removing an environmental condition.

• Behavior is followed by a consequence decreasing the rate of occurrence.

• A reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced and rate decreases.

Negative Reinforcement describes...

• A relation between two environmental events (behavior/consequence).

• Occurrence increases by removing an environmental condition.

• Behavior is followed by a consequence decreasing the rate of occurrence.

• A reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced and rate decreases.

Punishment describes...

• A relation between two environmental events (behavior/consequence).

• Occurrence increases by removing an environmental condition.

• Behavior is followed by a consequence decreasing the rate of occurrence.

• A reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced and rate decreases.

Extinction describes...

• A relation between two environmental events (behavior/consequence).

• Occurrence increases by removing an environmental condition.

• Behavior is followed by a consequence decreasing the rate of occurrence.

• A reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced and rate decreases.

Antecedent Control

• Rewarding the behavior to increase the likelihood of it occurring.
• Manipulating the environment to increase the likelihood of a desired behavior occurring.
• Using punishment to decrease the likelihood of a desired behavior occurring.
• Ignoring the behavior to decrease the likelihood of it occurring.

What is Ethics and Social Validity?

• Teachers do what is morally correct

• Teachers follow societal norms

• Acceptability of a program or procedure

• Is supported by ABA that includes ethical decisions

Respondent Conditioning is represented by Pavlov's experiment.

• True

• False

Associationism is a situation that produces a situation that an act is more likely to occur.

• True

• False

To whom are teachers accountable?

• Their profession and themselves

• Their community

• Parents

• Students