Week 7: Behavior and Environment
Have you ever observed yourself, or someone you know, avoiding a task? Perhaps the task was avoided instead by texting a friend, getting something to eat, or hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock. Those behaviors represented specific instances of behavior, or responses. And while they took different forms, they all had a function; that is, they were all used to affect the environment in the same way—avoiding the task.
In this initial week of Module 3: Concepts and Principles I, you will examine terminology and concepts related to behavior and the environment, focusing specifically on examples of behavior, response, and response class from your own behavioral repertoire.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Identify behavior, response, and response class in behavioral examples
Analyze real-life behaviors that represent a response class
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
Chapter 2, “Basic Concepts and Principles” (pp. 25–46)
(Previously read in Week 1)
Iversen, I. H. (2013). Response classes: What are they, where do they come from, and where do they go? European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 14(1), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2013.11434445
Required Media
Walden University, LLC. (2021). Behavior and environment [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: This media program is approximately 43 minutes.
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Walden University, LLC. (2021). Response and response class [Interactive media]. Walden University Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu