PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Behaviorism, Scientific Method, Binary Relation
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Applied behaviour analysis- principles and procedures for modifying behavior. Chapter 3: using data and research methods in behaviour analysis. This chapter examines how behavior analysts use date to measure changes in behavior, judge from graphs whether a behavior changes, and apply research designs to determine why the behavior changed. Using data to measure changes: collected data can determine whether our efforts to change a behavior worked, behavioural changes are only sometimes obvious, but are usually not, example: davey, preschool student with pinching habit. Adults (teachers) initially tried to ignore pinching. Davey, would pinch hard enough to cause startle. Teacher decided to develop a logical substitute behaviour: patting instead of pinching. Teachers attempted to forestall a pinch by saying : pat, davey . Patting behavior increased rapidly to a high level. Suppose you were a teacher in the davey situation:
