Week 8: Respondent and Operant Conditioning Among the foundational concepts of applied behavior analysis (ABA) are respondent (classical) conditioning and operant conditioning. While operant conditioning clearly dominates the ABA field, there are also appropriate uses of respondent (classical) conditioning. In both cases, the behavior analyst seeks to manipulate the environment in order to effect behavior […]

In this week’s Discussion, you identified and defined examples of behavior, response, and response class from your own behavioral repertoire. For this Assignment, using your behavioral repertoire, you will further explore these concepts by identifying another response class and five corresponding responses. Additionally, you will analyze which of the five responses you use most frequently […]

Discussion: Behavior and Environment “Behavior analysis is characterized by a functional analysis of the effects of the behavior on the environment. A response class is a group of responses with the same function (that is, each response in the group produces the same effect on the environment)” (Cooper et al., 2020, p. 27) PSYC 6717: […]

Week 7: Behavior and Environment Have you ever observed yourself, or someone you know, avoiding a task? Perhaps the task was avoided instead by texting a friend, getting something to eat, or hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock. Those behaviors represented specific instances of behavior, or responses. And while they took different forms, […]

Module 2 Test: Philosophical Underpinnings Each module in this course provides fundamental information in a critical area of applied behavior analysis. At the end of each module, you will take a test to demonstrate your understanding of the topics covered. This week’s Test assesses your knowledge of the assigned course readings and material regarding philosophical […]