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an organism’s interaction with its environment that results in a measureable change in at least one aspect of the environment is _____.
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| an occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior |
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| a group of responses of varying topography, that have the same effect on the environment |
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| an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells |
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| a group of stimuli that share specified common elements |
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| the emergence of accurate responding to untrained and nonreinforced stimulus-stimulus relations. |
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a stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure in which a neutral stimulus (NS) is presented with an unconditioned stimulus (US) until the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response is _____.
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| consequences result in an increased or decreased frequency of the behavior under the same motivational and environmental conditions |
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| Unconditioned reinforcement |
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| a stimulus change that increases the bx that precedes it and is the product of the evolutionary development of the species. (eg. Food, water) |
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| Conditioned reinforcement |
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| a stimulus change that functions as a reinforcer because of prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers |
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| a stimulus change that can decrease the bx that precedes it without prior pairing with any other form of punishment. |
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| neutral stimulus change that functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more other punishers |
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| 3.01 Behavioral Assessment Approval |
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| The behavior analyst must obtain approval in writing of the behavior assessment before implementing. |
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| 3.02 Functional Assessment |
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| The behavior analyst must conduct a functional assessment, to provide the data to develop an effective behavior change program. |
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| 3.03 Explaining Assessment Results |
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| BCBA's ensure that an explanation of the results is provided using "plain English" to the person assessed or to another legally authorized person on behalf of the client. |
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| 3.04 Consent-Client Records |
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| The BCBA obtains the written consent of the client or client-surrogate before obtaining or disclosing client records from or to other sources. |
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| 3.05 Describing Program Objectives |
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| The BCBA describes, in writing, the objectives of the behavior change program to the client or client-surrogate before implementation. |
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| 4.0 The Behavior Analyst and The Individual Behavior Change Program |
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| The BCBA (a) designs programs that are based on behavior analytic principles (b) involves the client or the client-surrogate in the planning, (c) obtains the consent of the client, and (d) respects the right of the client to terminate services. |
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| 4.01 Describing Conditions for Program Success |
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| The behavior analyst describes to the client or client-surrogate the environmental conditions that are necessary for the program to be effective. |
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| 4.02 Environmental Conditions that Preclude Implementation |
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| If environmental conditions preclude implementation of a behavior program, the BCBA recommends that other professional assistance be sought. |
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| 4.03 Environmental Conditions that Hamper Implementation |
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| If environmental conditions hamper implementation of the bx program, the BCBA tries to eliminate the problem, or identifies in writing the obstacles to doing so. |
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