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First Course in Applied Behavior Analysis

by Chance, Paul

ISBN13: 9781577664727
ISBN10: 1577664728
Format: Paperback
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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