Examine terminology and concepts related to behavior and the environment, focusing specifically on examples of behavior, response, and response class from your own behavioral repertoire.
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, […]
This week’s Test assesses your knowledge of the assigned course readings and material regarding philosophical underpinnings of applied behavior analysis.
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 […]
Identify an article you retrieved from the behavior analytic literature (2012 to the present) that describes an intervention to address an applied concern
Discussion: Applications of Philosophical Underpinnings Have you ever wondered why it is relevant to understand the theory and philosophy that underpins the field of behavior analysis? In this week’s Learning Resources, Fryling (2013) discusses some ways behavior analytic theory and philosophy are relevant to the practice of applied behavior analysis. He focuses on its unique […]
Examine current behavior analytic literature containing an intervention to address an applied concern and identify the philosophical underpinnings represented in that literature PSYC 6717: Foundation and Philosophy of Behavior Analysis
Week 6: Applications of Philosophical Underpinnings In this course, you have explored philosophical underpinnings of applied behavior analysis, specifically selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, and pragmatism. As a practitioner of applied behavior analysis, you may be asking the question, “Why should I care about theory and philosophy?” This week, you will examine current behavior analytic literature […]
Explain what Baer, Wolf, and Risley meant when they said each of the following criteria must be present for applied behavior analysis to be considered a science
Assignment: Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis Baer et al. (1968) suggest that for a science to be considered truly applied behavior analysis it must demonstrate the seven dimensions of being applied, behavioral, analytic, technological, conceptually systematic, effective, and display generality. These dimensions define the parameters of a scientifically based intervention. When designing the intervention, it […]