EAB 3764 Final: Applied Behavior Analysis- Lecture Notes Final Exam

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Course: EAB 3764
• Professor: Eliana Pizarro

Document Summary

Autism is simply a label that describes the pattern of behaviors that child engages in. Behaviors have an impact on the physical or social environment. Behavior is lawful; its occurrence is influenced by environment events. A behavior may be overt or covert: behavior modification procedures involve analyzing and manipulating current environmental events to change behavior. A behavioral excess or behavioral deficit may be targeted for change with behavior modification procedures. Behavior modification procedures are based on behavioral principles derived from scientific research b. f. skinner conducted the early scientific research that laid the foundation for behavior modification. He also published a number of books demonstrating the application of behavioral principles to everyday life. Behavior modification procedures often are implemented by people in everyday life. Behavior is measured before and after the behavior modification procedures are applied to document the effectiveness of the procedures.