Behavior Cusp

Pivotal Behaviors

Paired Choice
(Forced choice)

Multiple Stimulus

Single Stimulus
(Successive Choice)

Components of Experiments in ABA

Baseline Logic

Patterns of Baseline

Main Experimental Designs

Multiple Baseline Design

Multiple baseline across behaviors

Multiple Baseline across Settings

Multiple Baseline across Subjects

Multiple Probe Design

Delayed Multiple Baseline Design

Advantages of Multiple Baseline Design

Disadvantage of Multiple Baseline Design

Changing Criterion Design

Advantages of Changing Criterion Design

Disadvantages of Changing Criterion

Reversal Design

Confounding threats to Internal Validity

External Validity

Treatment Integrity

Treatment Drift

Temporal Extent

Temporal Locus

Response Latency

Interresponse Time (IRT)

Indicators of trust worthy measurement

Validity

Threats to Validity

Measurement Artifacts

Accuracy

Reliability

Observer Drift

Measurement Bias

Methods for calculating IOA
Event Recording

Methods for calculating IOA
Duration Recording

Methods for calculating IOA
Time sampling IOA

Total Count IOA

Mean count per interval IOA

Exact Count per Interval IOA

ABA Instructional Strategies

Incidental Teaching

Direct Instruction

Precision Teaching

Personalized System of Instruction (PSI)