PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Behavioral Cusp, Applied Behavior Analysis, Belly Dance
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What some of the target behaviors need to be: some involve a behaviour deficit such as late, and poor reports at work, and some involve behavioral deficits such as joking around at staff meetings. A good definition of target behavior is objective and unambiguous so that it defines exactly what the person does that constitutes the behavioral excess or deficit you want to change. The goals behaviour analysts want to achieve by applying a behavior change program can be of two types: outcome goals and behavioural goals. Outcome goals are the broad or abstracted results we want to achieve. Losing weight would be an outcome goal for a dietary target behavior (exercising more could a target behavior), and the behavioral goal might be to reduce snacking to two servings per day. Parents and teachers who want to improve students" learning often focus on an outcome goal, usually grades, rather than on the behaviors that enable attainment of the goal.
