10 - Applied Behavior Analysis 1

If you say that a person is angry, you have not identified the person’s behavior; you have simply ____________________ .

• labeled the behavior.

• identified behavior

If you identify what the person says or does when angry, then you have _____________ .

• labeled the behavior.

• identified behavior

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Walking, talking, throwing a ball, yelling at someone, cooking, running, giving a presentation, sleeping, eating, driving, crying, etc., all are behaviors.

• 1.Behavior is what people do and say.

• 2.Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

• 3.Behaviors can be observed, described, and recorded.

• 4.Behaviors have an impact on the environment.

• 5.Behavior is lawful.

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Because a behavior is an action, its occurrence can be observed.

People can see the behavior (or detect it through one of the senses) when it occurs.

Because it is observable, the person who sees the behavior can describe it and record its occurrence.

• 1.Behavior is what people do and say.

• 2.Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

• 3.Behaviors can be observed, described, and recorded.

• 4.Behaviors have an impact on the environment.

• 5.Behavior is lawful.

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

including the physical or the social environment (other people and ourselves).

• 1.Behavior is what people do and say.

• 2.Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

• 3.Behaviors can be observed, described, and recorded.

• 4.Behaviors have an impact on the environment.

• 5.Behavior is lawful.

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Its occurrence is systematically influenced by environmental events.

Basic behavioral principles describe the functional relationships between our behavior and environmental events.

• 1.Behavior is what people do and say.

• 2.Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

• 3.Behaviors can be observed, described, and recorded.

• 4.Behaviors have an impact on the environment.

• 5.Behavior is lawful.

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Frequency, Duration and Intensity physical measurable things.

• 1.Behavior is what people do and say.

• 2.Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

• 3.Behaviors can be observed, described, and recorded.

• 4.Behaviors have an impact on the environment.

• 5.Behavior is lawful.

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

You can measure a behavior; that is, you can count the number of times a behavior occurs

(e.g., Shane bit his fingernails 12 times in the class period).

• Frequency

• Duration

• Intensity

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

You can measure the time from when an instance of the behavior starts until it stops

(e.g., Rita jogged for 25 minutes).

• Frequency

• Duration

• Intensity

CHARACTERISTICS OF BEHAVIOR:

Behaviors have one or more dimensions.

You can measure the physical force involved in the behavior

(e.g., Garth bench-pressed 220 pounds).

• Frequency

• Duration

• Intensity