Chapter 1

General Rule:

 Behavior

A muscle, glandular, or neuro-electrical activity. 

Chapter 1

General Rule:

Be Concrete 

Always pinpoint specific behaviors when

you deal with a behavioral (psychological) problem. 

 Chapter 1

Concept:

Behavior Analysis 

The study of the principles of behavior 

Chapter 1

Reinforcer

(Positive Reinforcer) 

A stimulus that increases the frequency

of a response it follows 

Chapter 1

Concept:

Repertoire 

A set of skills 

Chapter

General Rule:

Dead-Man test 

If a dead man can do it, it probably

isn't a behavior 

Chapter 1

General Rule:

Check the presumed

reinforcer first 

Before spending much time

trying to reinforce behavior,

make sure you have a true

reinforcer. 

Chapter 2

Concept:

Baseline 

The phase of an experiment or intervention

where the behavior is measured

in the absence of an intervention 

Chapter 2

Concept:

Medical Model Myth 

An erroneous view of human behavior

that behavior is always a mere symptom of an underlying psychological condition 

Chapter 2  

Concept:

Behavioral Contingency 

The occasion for a response, 

the response, and the outcome

of the response. 

 Chapter 2

Concept:

Reinforcement

Contingency 

The response-contingent presentation

of a reinforcer resulting in an increased

frequency of that response 

Chapter 2

General Rule:

The don't say rule 

Chapter 2

Concept:

The error of

Reification 

To call a behavior

or process a thing 

Chapter 2

General Rule:

Reinforce Behavior 

Reinforce behavior

not people. 

Chapter 3

Concept:

Escape Contingency 

The response-contingent  removal

of an aversive stimulus

resulting in an increased

frequency of that response 

Chapter 3

Concept:

Aversive Stimulus

(Negative Reinforcer) 

A stimulus that increases the future

frequency of a response its

removal (termination) follows .

Chapter 3

Concept:

Differential reinforcement of

alternative behavior (DRA) 

The replacement of an inappropriate response

with a specific appropriate response

that produces the same reinforcing

outcome 

Chapter 3

Concept:

Functional Assessment

An assessment of the contingencies

responsible for

behavioral problems 

Chapter 3

Principle:

Parsimony

The use of no unnecessary

concepts, principles, 

or assumptions 

 Chapter 3

False General Rule:

The toothpase theory

of abnormal behavior 

  Abnormal behavior flows out of sick people

       like toothpaste squeezed from a tube.

Chapter 4

General Rule:

The sick social cycle

(Victim's escape model) 

IN escaping the perpetrator's 

aversive behavior,

the victim unintentionally reinforces

that aversive behavior 

Chapter 4

Concept:

Punishment Contingency 

Reponse-contingent presentation of 

an aversive condition (Negative reinforcer)

resulting in a decreased frequency

of that response. 

Chapter 4

Concept:

Overcorrection 

A contingency on inappropriate

behavior requiring the person to

engage in an effortful response 

Chapter 4

Concept:

Dependent Variable 

A measure of the subject's

behehavior 

Chapter 4

Concept:

Informed Consent 

Consent to intervene in a way

       that is experimental or

       risky.

       The participant or guardian

        is informed of the risks and benefits

Chapter 4

Concept:

Independent Variable 

   The variable the experimenter systematically manipulates

Chapter 4

Concept:

Social validity 

      The goals,

      procedures, and

     results of an intervention

       are socially acceptable to

       the client,

     the behavior analyst, and

Chapter 4

Concept:

Reliability  

Measurement 

       The comparison of measurements

      of dependent variables and

       independent variables

Chapter 4

Concept:

Multiple baseline

design 

An experimental design

       in which the replications involve

    baselines of differing durations