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The modern form of behaviorism

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Behavior Analysis

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Field spawned by Behavior Analysis…

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Behavioral Gerontology, Behavioral Medicine and Behavioral Social Work.

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Extending the meaning of behavior includes….

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Obvious movement and also includes more subtle activity such as TALKING, LOOKING, LISTENING and READING and include INTERNAL EVENTS measurable by electronic devices - MUSCLE TENSION, BRAIN WAVES, STOMACH ACIDITY.

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Use this principle when you seek the causes of behavior in ENVIRONMENTAL events.

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The Principle of Public Events

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Researchers have defined complex behaviors as…

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Aggression, creativity, nervous tension, and cooperative living.

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5 tactics…

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  1. create a Behavioral Definition
  2. apply a method of direct observation to gather information about the problem behavior.
  3. find out if the data are RELIABLE and SOCIALLY VALID.
  4. design a SINGLE SUBJECT EXPERIMENT to find out if the treatment works by ruling out ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS and TIME DIFFERENCES.

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4 methods of direct observation

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  1. Outcome Recording - if the behavior leaves a RESULT
  2. Event Recording - if the behavior is UNIFORM
  3. Interval Recording - if the behavior occurs for nonuniform episodes.
  4. Sample Recording - to observe a sample of the behavior
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Single-subject designs…look at the behavior of ONE PERSON at a time.

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Comparison design
Reversal design
Multiple-Baseline

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The two most powerful designs (STRONG DESIGNS) are the…

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Reversal design