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9781577664727

First Course in Applied Behavior Analysis

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  • Copyright: 2006-06-15
  • Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION
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(6)
Mini Essay: Behaviorism and Behavior Analysis
31(1)
Reprint: A Behaviorist's Feelings, by B.F. Skinner
32(2)
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(8)
Mini-Essay: Measuring Behavior Change
87(3)
Reprint: The Queen's Scepter, by Eric Haughton & Teodoro Ayllon
90(2)
Recommended Reading
92(1)
Endnotes
92(3)
PART II: INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF BEHAVIOR
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(8)
Mini-Essay: Finding Reinforcers
128(1)
Reprint: The Rewards of Coaching, by Hilary Buzas & Teodoro Ayllon
129(3)
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(4)
Reprint: Rules to Live By, by B.F. Skinner
157(2)
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(10)
Mini-Essay: The Third Revolution
187(1)
Reprint: Shaping Sight, by Judith R. Mathews, Gary D. Hodson, William B. Christ, & G. Robert LaRoche
187(3)
Reprint: Chained Routine, by Melvyn Hollander & Vivian Homer
190(4)
Recommended Reading
194(1)
Endnotes
194(3)
PART III: DECREASING THE FREQUENCY OF BEHAVIOR
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(8)
Reprint: Extinguished Tears, by Carl D. Williams
229(2)
Reprint: Exorcising a Witch, by Brad A. Alford
231(4)
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(7)
Mini-Essay: Questioning Punishment
266(1)
Reprint: Time Out for Hallucinations, by Steve N. Haynes & Pamela Geddy
266(4)
Recommended Reading
270(1)
Endnotes
271(4)
PART IV: ESTABLISHING DISCRIMINATIONS
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(4)
Reprint: Attention, by B.F. Skinner
296(2)
Recommended Reading
298(1)
Endnotes
298(3)
PART V: GENERALIZATION AND MAINTENANCE
9. Generalization Training
301(26)
Generalization
303(3)
Illustrative Studies
306(3)
Rules for Increasing Generalization
309(7)
Review
316(2)
Exercises
318(7)
Reprint: A Technology of Generalization, by Trevor F. Stokes & Donald M. Baer
320(5)
Recommended Reading
325(1)
Endnotes
326(1)
10. Maintenance
327(36)
Maintenance Schedules
329(16)
Maintenance Training
345(6)
Review
351(3)
Exercises
354(5)
Reprint: Novel Maintenance, by Irving Wallace
357(2)
Recommended Reading
359(1)
Endnotes
360(3)
PART VI: MODIFYING RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR
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(6)
Reprint: Old Obsessions, by John E. Calamari, Samantha D. Faber, Brian L. Hitsman, & Christopher J. Poppe
391(3)
Recommended Reading
394(1)
Endnotes
395(2)
PART VII: ETHICS AND THE FUTURE
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(7)
Reprint: Right to Effective Treatment, by Ron Van Houten and the Task Force on the Right to Effective Treatment
426(4)
Recommended Reading
430(1)
Endnotes
430(3)
PART VIII: REVIEW
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

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