PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Stimulus Control
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1st step in managing antecedents = identify existing cues through f. assessment. Antecedents for a behv specific to indiv. Need to assess the antecedents for e/ person. Ease which we can identify antecedents depends on whether they are over or covert and/or immediate or distant and excess or deficit. Behavioural excess antecedents that are overt and immediate fairly easy to identify: sometimes not easily noticed. Behv excess that are covert or distant more difficult to identify: some cases person isn"t even aware of the cues, use careful direct observations and indirect assessment methods (interviews, questionnaires) Behv deficits, identify cues that set occasion for a behv not occurring. Look for antecedents and conseqs linked to non-occurrences of responses. 4 basic ways: dev or intro new sds, modify existing sds, manipulate mo, manipulate effort needed to make response. Teaching indivs sds that they don"t already know.
