PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Verbal Behavior, Applied Behavior Analysis, Classical Conditioning
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Our behaviour in everyday life occurs in the context of events that are external such as the behaviour of other people or the weather in our environment, and internal, such as our thoughts and physiological processes. Applied behaviour analysis: the well-established and exciting approach to understand and change people"s behaviour. Behaviour: refers to anything a person does, typically because of internal or external events. Ex: behaviour change can be fairly simple sometimes: such as raising one"s hand when a teacher asks a question, and sometimes it involves as sequence of actions as in making a sandwich. The behaviours we"ve considered so far have been external or overt. that is, open to view or observation. Overt behaviours can be of two types: verbal or motor. Verbal behaviours are actions that involve the use of language. Motor behaviour are actions that involve body movement, without requiring the use of language.