EAB 3764 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Stimulus Control, Goal Setting, Ernest Hemingway

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Course: EAB 3764
• Professor: Iwata Brian

Document Summary

Maintenance over long periods of time (healthy diet that avoids heart disease) Organizational skills (developing and following a work plan) Highly novel and creative behavior (writing a play) Persistent and varied performance (research leading to a scientific discovery that wins a nobel prize) Singular unusual acts (heroism resulting in death) Behavioral view of self-management: self-management skills, and behaviors indicative of a high degree of self management, are a series of responses acquired as a result of more immediate consequences, and are extended through the processes of: Definition (miltenberger): occurrence of behavior at one point in time to control the occurrence of another behavior at a later point in time (p. 418) Occurrence of a response that has long-term value to society or the individual even though reinforcement is delayed (radical behaviorism) Nonoccurrence of a response that is detrimental to society or the individual even though reinforcement for responding is immediate.