Psychology

“General Guidelines Week 9, Discussion Prompt Option 1 Real Life Verbal behavior occurs all around us. How many of the basic verbal operants did you engage in today? What were they? For example: Today, I ordered a coffee (mand) because I was tired (EO) and the barista delivered that coffee (specific reinforcement). I was able […]

Assignment Instructions In 1957, Skinner wrote the book Verbal Behavior in which he analyzed language based on the same environmental principles of behavior that he used to analyze nonverbal behavior. That analysis resulted in a classification system that allows for the identification of different types of language. The elementary verbal operants originated from this system, including:  […]

“Many phenomena in the world are complex, and explaining why they happen is difficult. Regression is a great tool for analyzing multiple sources of causation. Please post something to the discussion board related to the content covered this week. Here are some ideas for your post to get you started:  Think about an outcome […]

“General Guidelines Each week, you must provide an initial post responding to one of the discussion board prompt options. Please include the discussion prompt you are addressing in the subject line of your post. Week 10, Discussion Prompt Option 1 Practice Consider an intervention that uses stimulus equivalence training to help a woman with a brain injury […]

“In this unit, you have learned about the functions of measurement in ABA. For this discussion, post a substantive response to the following:  Describe three scenarios in which measurement is crucial in identifying the effectiveness of a program, product, skill set, system, or similar.  Explain why measurement is crucial and describe what would […]

“After reading Bannerman et al.’s 1990 article, “Balancing the Right to Habilitation With the Right to Personal Liberties: The Rights of People With Developmental Disabilities to Eat Too Many Doughnuts and Take a Nap,” post a substantive response to the following:  Have you ever been in a situation where the rights of the client […]

“In this unit, you have learned about the functions of measurement in ABA. For this discussion, post a substantive response to the following:  Describe three scenarios in which measurement is crucial in identifying the effectiveness of a program, product, skill set, system, or similar.  Explain why measurement is crucial and describe what would […]

“This week, we focus on the varying complexity of ethical dilemmas, as well as the seven-step model for analyzing these situations. Consider one of the following scenarios described by a professional, and describe how you would respond using the seven-step model. (Please put in the subject line which scenario you are discussing.) Scenario 1 The Medicaid waiver agency […]

“ Cicoria, M. (Host). (n.d.). What is trauma-informed ABA? Session 131 with Camille Kolu [Audio podcast] | Transcript. The Behavioral Observations Podcast. https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-trauma-informed-aba- session-131-with-camille-kolu/ After listening, provide a summary of what this podcast covered. Are you practicing with a history of trauma in mind? Please describe at least one thing you learned from this podcast and how you can use […]

“In this unit, you have learned different ways of defining behavior in observable and measurable terms. For this discussion, post a substantive response to the following:  Compare and contrast function-based versus topography-based definitions of behavior.  Provide an example of how you would use a function-based definition in the field.  Provide an example of […]