Precision teaching (PT)
An individualized instructional methodology that builds and supports fluency of responding by training and reinforcing behaviors under every condition they are expected to occur.
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Precursor FA
A variation of the functional analysis that analyzes the precursors to challenging behavior (i.e., responses that reliably occur close in time before the challenging behavior). Each trial is terminated as
Prediction (in baseline logic)
The projected result of a presently unknown measurement to be determined in the future, based on the belief that if current conditions persist, so will the pattern of responding, and
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5th Edition Task List
6th Edition TCO
Prediction (in scientific understanding)
The second level of scientific understanding. When repeat observations show a consistent relationship between two events, the identified relationship can be used to predict the probability of one event occurring
Premack Principle
A strategy that uses behavior as reinforcement by making the opportunity to engage in preferred behavior contingent on engaging in a low-preference behavior.
Prerequisite behavior
The necessary components skills of any behavior needed to perform a specific behavior.
Private events
Events taking place inside an individual that are only known to the individual experiencing the event (e.g., thoughts, pain, feelings, ideas, sensations) and are influenced by functional relations, just like
5th Edition Task List
A-3 Describe and explain behavior from the perspective of radical behaviorism.
6th Edition TCO
A.3 Explain behavior from the perspective of radical behaviorism.
Procedural integrity
The extent to which treatment is implemented exactly as planned and no unplanned variables are inadvertently included in treatment.
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6th Edition TCO
Product measures
A measurement of a target behavior taken by measuring the lasting environmental changes produced by that behavior, rather than counting actual occurrences of the behavior. (E.g., test scores, completed chores,
5th Edition Task List
C-2 Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
6th Edition TCO
C.2 Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
Professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis
A branch of behavior analysis that encompasses various fields of work (not necessarily BCBAs®/BCaBAs®) implementing ABA procedures within their professions.
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