Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis

Introduction to Applied Behavior

Analysis

Dacia McCoy, M.Ed., Hilary Denune, M.Ed., & Lauren Kimener, M.Ed.

some material adapted from presentations created by

Ed Lentz, PhD and the Cincinnati Center for Autism

Introduction to ABA

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Objectives

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History of Behaviorism

What is ABA?

Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis

Functions of Behavior

Four Term Contingency

Reinforcement and Punishment

Matching Law

Competing Behavior Model

Measurement

History of Behaviorism

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Ivan Pavlov [1849-1936]

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¡°While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the

surface of things. ¡±

Ivan Pavlov's discovery and research on reflexes

influenced the growing behaviorist movement, and his

work was often cited in John Watson¡¯s writings.

Classical conditioning/ Respondent conditioning

History of Behaviorism

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John Watson [1878-1958]

¡°Father of Behaviorism¡±

¡°Watson argued that the proper subject matter for

psychology was not states of mind or mental processes

but observable behavior.¡± [Cooper, Heron & Heward, p.9]

Stimulus- Response Behaviorism

History of Behaviorism

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B.F. Skinner [1904-1990]

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¡°The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring

again. ¡±

Founder of experimental analysis of behavior

Skinner developed the theory of ¡°operant conditioning,¡± the

idea that we behave the way we do because this kind of

behavior has had certain consequences in the past.

Skinner and others outlined basic principles of behavior, which

include reinforcement, prompting, fading, shaping, schedules of

reinforcement, etc., etc., etc.

In addition to fleshing out operant conditioning, Skinner also

analyzed the functions of language and presented his analysis in

the 1957 book Verbal Behavior.

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