PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes -Stimulus Control, Biofeedback, Vomiting
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Chapter 1 ~ what is applied behavior analysis. Behavior: refers to anything a person does in response to either an internal or external event. Overt behavior: open to view or observation: verbal behaviors: actions that involve the use of language, motor behaviors: actions that involve body movement, without language involved. Covert behaviors: not viewable or openly shown, aka private events . Diagnosis: used by therapists to classify clients e. g. severe depression or schizophrenia: cons: imprecise, do not always indicate what specific behaviors need to be changed, outcomes of behavior are not behaviors. Inborn behaviors aka reflexes: innate inherited behaviors that help the baby survive: rooting reflex: the baby automatically turns its head to an object touching its cheek, sucking reflex: the baby automatically starts sucking on small round object nearby. Learning is a durable change in behavioral as a result of experience. Modeling: learning a behavior (respondent or operant) by watching someone else perform it.
