SOCB43H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Classical Conditioning
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Commonly used synonyms = activity, action, performance, responding, response, and reaction. Essentially, behaviour is anything that a person says or does. Technically, behaviour is any muscular, glandular or electrical activity of an organism. Overt (visible) behaviours can be observed and recorded by an individual other than the one performing the behaviour: i. e. , walking, talking out loud, throwing a baseball, yelling at someone. Covert (private, internal) behaviours cannot be readily observed by others: activities that occur within one"s skin and therefore require special instruments or procedures for others to observe. Covert and overt behaviours can be influenced by the techniques of behaviour modification. Imagining and private self talk are sometimes referred to as cognitive behaviours: techniques for dealing with cognitive behaviours are called cognitive behaviour therapy. Traditional helping specialists often use general summary terms such as intelligence, attitudes, and creativity: avoid using intelligence as a noun. Frequently mimes particular questions rather than answering with an appropriate statement (impaired communication)
