This activity is based upon Chapters 1, 2, 26 (p. 605-609), 27 (p. 622-624) of the BALC text Skinner Chapter 1, Baer, Wolf, & Risley (1968), and Krebs et al. (2023). Note that some key vocabulary is bolded. You can use bullet points to answer your questions, but note that to fully answer most questions, you’ll need to write the equivalent of at least two paragraphs. While citations are not necessary, they are appreciated.
Describe Behavior Analysis to someone who has never heard of it before.
2. Compare and contrast structuralism, methodological behaviorism, and radical behaviorism.
3. Some people say that ABA was created by Lovaas. Why is that incorrect, and why isn’t ABA a treatment for autism?
4. Compare and contrast respondent conditioning with operant conditioning.
5. Why is reinforcement not the same as reward or motivation the same as reinforcement?
6. Read Krebs et al. (2023) and create an interteaching record to use for the remaining interteaching assignments. Provide your blank interteaching record here.
7. What was the most eye-opening thing you learned this week? Was it a misunderstanding or a myth you had cleared up? A new term or concept? Describe what it was and why you chose it.
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