PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5,8: Applied Behavior Analysis, Classical Conditioning, Organizational Behavior Management
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Behavior: anything a person says or does; muscular, glandular or electrical activity. Private self-talk and imagining which are covert, are called cognitive behaviours dimensions of behavior: characteristics of bejaviour that can be measured intensity/force of behavior: physical effort/energy involved in emitting behavior. Difference between behavior modifier and talk therapist a behavior modifier is frequently actively involved in reconstructing a client"s daily environment to strengthen appropriate behavior, rather than spending a great deal of time discussing the client"s past experiences. Behavior modifier also gives homework assignments where clients change their own everyday environments for therapeutic purposes target behaviours: behaviours to be improved in a behavior mod. Functional analysis: isolating through experimentation the causes of the problem behavior and removing or reversing them. Joseph wolpe behavioural treatment for specific phobias and his approach was first referred to as behavior therapy. Pavlovian conditioning involves reflexes automatic responses to prior stimuli. Operant conditioning deals with rewards and punishments.
