Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the science of controlling and predicting human behavior. Behavior analysts reject the use of hypothetical constructs[1] and focus on the observable relationship of behavior to the environment. By functionally assessing the relationship between a targeted behavior and the environment, the methods of ABA can be used to change that behavior. Research in applied behavior analysis ranges from behavioral intervention methods to basic research which investigates the rules by which humans adapt and maintain behavior.
Contents[hide] * 1 Areas of application * 2 Definition * 2.1 Characteristics * 3 Concepts * 3.1 Behavior * 3.1.1 Operant conditioning * 3.1.2 Respondent conditioning * 3.2 Environment * 3.3 Operant reinforcement * 3.4 Punishment * 3.5 Extinction * 3.6 Discriminated operant and three-term contingency * 3.7 Verbal Behavior * 4 Measuring behavior * 4.1 Repeatability * 4.2 Temporal extent * 4.3 Temporal locus * 4.4 Derivative measures * 5 Analyzing behavior change * 5.1 Experimental control * 6 Functional analysis (psychology) * 6.1 Functional behavior assessment (FBA) * 6.1.1 Functions of behavior * 6.1.1.1 Function versus topography * 6.1.2 FBA methods * 6.1.2.1 Functional (experimental) analysis * 6.1.2.2 Indirect FBA * 6.1.2.3 Descriptive FBA * 6.1.3 Conducting an FBA * 7 Technologies discovered through ABA research * 7.1 Task analysis * 7.2 Chaining * 7.3 Prompting * 7.4 Fading * 7.5 Thinning * 7.6 Generalization * 7.7 Shaping * 7.8 Video modeling * 7.9 Interventions based on an FBA * 8 Efficacy in autism * 9 See also * 10 Major journals * 11 References * 12 Further reading * 13 External links |
[edit] Areas of application
ABA-based interventions are...