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

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Notes for Lesson 1 Part 1 of RBT Course

ABA Standard Terminology & Concepts