BAB reversal design
A three-phase variation of the reversal design that begins with the treatment phase first, followed by the baseline phase, after which responding is reversed to a level obtained in the… Read more
BACB®’s definition of applied behavior analysis (ABA)
A science based on the use of learning principles to improve socially important behavior. ABA practice focuses on assessing the environmental influences on behavior, implementing assessment-based interventions, and making data-based
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Backup reinforcer
Specific preferred items or activities that can be exchanged for the earned tokens delivered in a token economy system.
Backward chaining
A chaining method in which an instructor initially completes the chain in its naturally occurring order, and then the individual is taught one step at a time, starting from the
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Backward chaining with leap aheads
A variation of the backward chain in which any step in the task analysis that is already in the individual’s repertoire is not formally trained.
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Bar graph
A chart that displays data using rectangular bars or columns that represent unrelated discrete sets of data with a common dimension.
Baseline data
The data collected prior to implementing a treatment or intervention, used as a comparison for treatment outcomes and acts as a control condition.
Baseline logic
The essential reasoning of single-subject experimental designs, which consists of prediction, verification, and replication.
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Behavior
A large class of responses that share physical dimensions and functions and are the observable actions of a person (what they say or do), as well as their private events,
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B-1 Define and provide examples of behavior, response, and response class.
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B.1 Identify and distinguish among behavior, response, and response class.
Behavior chain
A specific sequence of discrete responses/behaviors that, when linked together, form a terminal behavior. Each discrete response/behavior is associated with a particular stimulus condition (SD), and each response and the