ABA Standard Terminology & Concepts

Aba stands for Applied Behavior analysis  The movement of muscles and glands is known as behavior A stimulus that precedes a behavior is known as an antecedent                   A stimulus that follows a behavior is known as a consequence Reinforcement  increases  the rate of a behavior  The withholding of a stimulus that normally occurs after a behavior, resulting in the decrease of a behavior is called extinction. The number of times a behavior occurs is a frequency measure The gradual removal of prompts so that the SD comes to evoke the desired behavior is called fading Verbal behavior that specifies its reinforcer and is evoked by some motivative/establishing operation is called a mand A mand is a request. The most important verbal behavior When a task is broken up into smaller elements stated in their correct order is, a task analysis  Entire constellation of internal and external stimuli that can affect a person is its environment.  Denotes a unit of time on a graph X Axis A single instance of behavior is a response  Gradually changing the form of behavior by reinforcing successive approximations to the correct final topography is shaping An instructional method in which the person is presented with an opportunity to perform some behavior and a consequence is provide depending on the performance is discreet trial teaching