PSYC 3451 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Community Psychology, Behavior Management, Clinical Psychology

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3451
• Professor: Bright Terri

Document Summary

Behavior modification procedures most often used to change overt behaviors. Overt- action can be observed and recorded by a person not engaging in behavior covert- aka private events, not observable by others (ie. thinking) Behavior modification is the field of psychology concerned with analyzing (identifying functional relationship between environ. Events and behavior) and modifying (develop and implement procedures for change) human behavior, defining characteristics: focus on behavior: behavior modification de-emphasizes labeling; does not change autism but a behavior exhibited by children with autism. Behavioral excess undesirable target behavior want to decrease frequency, duration, intensity. Behavioral deficit desirable target behavior want to increase frequency, duration, intensity: procedures based on behavioral principles. Experiemental analysis of behavior (behavior analysis) scientific study of behavior. Applied behavior analysis scientific study of human behavior to help people change behavior in meaningful ways: emphasis on current environ events. Behavior modification involves assess/modify events functionally related to behavior.