There are seven ways to program for generalization. PTB co-founder Dana Meller dives into “Indiscriminable Contingencies”.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-11: Define and provide examples of discrimination, generalization, and maintenance; G-21: Use procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.
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Test your knowledge of concepts and principles with PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she examines a question about one of the compound schedules of reinforcement that has the potential to challenge a client’s frustration tolerance. Dana emphasizes the frustrating components of this specific schedule by providing the key features and corresponding applied setting examples. Also included are descriptions of the chained reinforcement schedule and the trial-by-error process.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-5: Define and provide examples of schedules of reinforcement.
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PTB co-founder explains the different types of validity in ABA.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-2: Distinguish between internal and external validity.
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At all costs, avoid multiple relationships.
Refer to BACB® | Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts | Section 1.11: Multiple Relationships
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Test your knowledge of differential reinforcement with PTB founder Dana Meller as she discusses the specific DR procedure to provide the client with reinforcement for exhibiting higher rates of the target behavior(s) that already exist in their repertoire. Additionally, Dana draws parallels to personal experiences and highlights skill areas for which clients could benefit from this SR schedule.
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Test your ability to interpret graphed data with PTB co-founder Dana Meller. Here she explains the three fundamental properties of behavior change, focusing on one specific property akin to an average or median. Included are descriptions of level, trend, variability, and the y-axis.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section C-11: Interpret graphed data.
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Test your understanding of negative reinforcement with PTB founder Dana Meller as she discusses the two specific types and details and nuances using relatable examples that significantly impact our everyday lives.
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Put your knowledge of motivating operations to the test. PTB co-founder Dana Meller dives into a specific type of CMO and explains how seemingly innocuous visuals on TV ads can trigger a state of deprivation for the advertised item, resembling the effects of an unconditioned motivating operation. Dana presents an intriguing example highlighting the process of pairing and the associations that can unexpectedly ignite intense cravings.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-12: Define and provide examples of motivating operations and G-2 Use interventions based on motivating operations and discriminative stimuli.
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Test your behavior-change procedures skills with PTB founder Dana Meller as she reviews a BCBA® mock exam question that explores respondent-operant interactions, comparing and contrasting habilitation, habituation, and adaptation, with an emphasis on the importance of reinforcement. The breakdown touches on operant conditioning and its role in behavior change.
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Test your verbal behavior knowledge with PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she reviews verbal operants, the roles of the speaker and listener.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-14: Define and provide examples of the verbal operants
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