Team Discussion for Module 5
Question prompt/summary
Part 1:
- Complete the following worksheet for each of the four major functions of behavior, using a behavior of one or a member of the Team.
Function of Behavior | Behavior | Establishing Operation (EO) | Discriminative Stimulus (SD) | S-Delta | Reinforcing Consequence |
EXAMPLE: Automatic Positive |
Dr. B drives to convenience store |
Deprivation from Diet Coke makes fountain Diet Coke valuable and evokes driving to the store behavior. | The keys to the car are in the bowl by the front door. | The keys are missing/someone else has the car. | Dr. B gets to drink a fountain Diet Coke. |
Social Positive |
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Social Negative | |||||
Automatic Positive | |||||
Automatic Negative |
Part 2:
- Refer to the Anecdotal-to ABC chart conversion on page 57 of Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2020.
- Review the data as collected and discuss possible functions. Consensus must be achieved on a single function for Student 4’s behavior (list).
- Describe why your Team identified the function that you did.
- Discuss why this single observation would be insufficient to definitively determine the function (3 reasons).