First Course in Applied Behavior Analysis

by Chance, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780534339364
• ISBN10: 0534339360
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-03
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

With an emphasis on practical solutions to behavior problems, Chance offers an unparalleled approach to behavior analysis. Creating a simulated classroom, course content is presented by "Dr. Cee"--a fictitious instructor who interacts with equally fictitious students. Through Dr. Cee, Chance teaches the language of behavior theory and analysis as well as the most important procedures for changing behavior and the principles that underlay those procedures. The dialogue between Dr. Cee and the students is realistic; the students ask questions, giving readers a chance to see if they know the answer to the questions raised. Effective and engaging, Chance's Socratic approach is very readable, yet does not sacrifice accuracy and specificity.

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION	1	(94)
1. The ABC's of Applied Behavior Analysis	1	(42)
Behavior Analysis	4	(13)
Applied Behavior Analysis	17	(7)
Caveat: Daniels' Dictum	24	(1)
Review	25	(3)
Exercises	28	(3)
Mini Essay: Behaviorism and Behavior Analysis	31	(1)
Reprint: A Behaviorist's Feelings	32	(2)
B. F. Skinner
Recommended Reading	34	(1)
Endnotes	35	(8)
2. Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis	43	(52)
Behavioral Assessment	44	(6)
Recording Behavior Rates	50	(5)
Measuring the Reliability of Rate Data	55	(5)
Graphing Behavior Rates	60	(5)
Evaluating the Effects of an Intervention	65	(15)
Review	80	(4)
Exercises	84	(3)
Mini-Essay: Measuring Behavior Change	87	(3)
Reprint: The Queen's Scepter,	90	(2)
Eric Haughton
Teodoro Ayllon
Recommended Reading	92	(1)
Endnotes	92	(3)
PART II: INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF BEHAVIOR	95	(102)
3. Reinforcement	95	(42)
Law of Effect	97	(4)
Kinds of Reinforcers	101	(7)
Illustrative Studies	108	(5)
Rules for Using Reinforcement	113	(4)
Problems with Reinforcement	117	(4)
Review	121	(3)
Exercises	124	(4)
Mini-Essay: Finding Reinforcers	128	(1)
Reprint: The Rewards of Coaching	129	(3)
Hilary Buzas
Teodoro Ayllon
Recommended Reading	132	(1)
Endnotes	133	(4)
4. Prompting and Fading	137	(24)
Prompts	138	(6)
Prompting and Fading	144	(3)
Illustrative Studies	147	(4)
Rules for Prompting and Fading	151	(2)
Problems with Prompting and Fading	153	(1)
Review	153	(2)
Exercises	155	(2)
Reprint: Rules to Live By,	157	(2)
B. F. Skinner
Recommended Reading	159	(1)
Endnotes	160	(1)
5. Shaping and Chaining	161	(36)
Shaping Defined	163	(2)
Illustrative Studies	165	(4)
Rules for Shaping	169	(4)
Chaining Defined	173	(3)
Illustrative Study	176	(3)
Rules for Chaining	179	(2)
Shaping versus Chaining	181	(1)
Review	182	(2)
Exercises	184	(3)
Mini-Essay: The Third Revolution	187	(1)
Reprint: Shaping Sight	187	(3)
Judith R. Mathews
Gary D. Hodson
William B. Christ
G. Robert LaRoche
Reprint: Chained Routine	190	(4)
Melvyn Hollander
Vivian Horner
Recommended Reading	194	(1)
Endnotes	194	(3)
PART III: DECREASING THE FREQUENCY OF BEHAVIOR	197	(78)
6. Extinction and Differential Reinforcement	197	(42)
Extinction Defined	199	(1)
Illustrative Studies	200	(5)
Rules for Using Extinction	205	(2)
Problems with Extinction	207	(6)
Differential Reinforcement Defined	213	(1)
Kinds of Differential Reinforcement	214	(3)
Illustrative Studies	217	(5)
Rules for Using Differential Reinforcement	222	(1)
Review	223	(4)
Exercises	227	(2)
Reprint: Extinguished Tears	229	(2)
Carl D. Williams
Reprint: Exorcising a Witch	231	(4)
Brad A. Alford
Recommended Reading	235	(1)
Endnotes	236	(3)
7. Punishment	239	(36)
Punishment	240	(2)
Kinds of Punishment	242	(5)
Illustrative Studies	247	(5)
Rules for Using Punishment	252	(5)
Problems with Punishment	257	(3)
Review	260	(3)
Exercises	263	(3)
Mini-Essay: Questioning Punishment	266	(1)
Reprint: Time Out for Hallucinations	266	(4)
Steve N. Haynes
Pamela Geddy
Recommended Reading	270	(1)
Endnotes	271	(4)
PART IV: ESTABLISHING DISCRIMINATIONS	275	(26)
8. Discrimination Training	275	(26)
Stimulus Discrimination	277	(3)
Discrimination Training	280	(3)
Illustrative Studies	283	(2)
Rules for Discrimination Training	285	(4)
Stimulus Control	289	(3)
Review	292	(2)
Exercises	294	(2)
Reprint: Attention	296	(2)
B. F. Skinner
Recommended Reading	298	(1)
Endnotes	298	(3)
PART V: GENERALIZATION AND MAINTENANCE	301	(62)
9. Generalization Training	301	(26)
Generalization	303	(3)
Illustrative Studies	306	(3)
Rules for Increasing Generalization	309	(7)
Review	316	(2)
Exercises	318	(2)
Reprint: A Technology of Generalization	320	(5)
Trevor F. Stokes
Donald M. Baer
Recommended Reading	325	(1)
Endnotes	326	(1)
10. Maintenance	327	(36)
Maintenance Schedules	329	(16)
Maintenance Training	345	(6)
Review	351	(3)
Exercises	354	(3)
Reprint: Novel Maintenance	357	(2)
Irving Wallace
Recommended Reading	359	(1)
Endnotes	360	(3)
PART VI: MODIFYING RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR	363	(34)
11. Counterconditioning	363	(34)
Pavlovian Procedures	364	(5)
Desensitization Training	369	(10)
Sensitization Training	379	(4)
Rules for Counterconditioning	383	(1)
Review	384	(4)
Exercises	388	(3)
Reprint: Old Obsessions	391	(3)
John E. Calamari
Samantha D. Faber
Brian L. Hitsman
Christopher J. Poppe
Recommended Reading	394	(1)
Endnotes	395	(2)
PART VII: ETHICS AND THE FUTURE	397	(36)
12. The Ethics of Behavior Change and the Future of Behavior Analysis	397	(36)
Ethics of Changing Behavior	399	(15)
Future of Behavior Analysis	414	(5)
Review	419	(4)
Exercises	423	(3)
Reprint: Right to Effective Treatment and the Task Force on the Right to Effective Treatment	426	(4)
Ron Van Houten
Recommended Reading	430	(1)
Endnotes	430	(3)
PART VIII: REVIEW	433	(25)
13. Review and Sham Exam	433	(25)
The ABC's	434	(3)
Methods	437	(2)
Reinforcement	439	(1)
Prompting and Fading	440	(2)
Shaping and Chaining	442	(1)
Extinction and Differential Reinforcement	443	(3)
Punishment	446	(1)
Discrimination Training	447	(1)
Generalization Training	448	(2)
Maintenance	450	(1)
Counterconditioning	451	(2)
Ethics and the Future of Behavior Analysis	453	(2)
Sham Exam	455	(3)
Glossary	458	(6)
References	464	(12)
Name Index	476	(3)
Subject Index	479