Behavior ManagementOnline version Terms learned in our Behavior Management course. by Holly Karraker A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Starts with A events that trigger behavior Starts with B teaching a task beginning with the last step and then in descending order (next to last step, third from last step, etc.) [2 words] Starts with C the result of a behavior Starts with D used to determine the length of time that a student engaged in a behavior [2 words] Starts with E principles of conduct governing us as individual professionals as well as members of our discipline Starts with F a procedure used to systematically remove instructional prompts, allowing a behavior to occur under natural conditions Starts with G transferring learned behaviors to new settings Starts with H a rationale for, or a best guess about, the functions of a behavior Starts with I involves dividing an observation period into smaller, equal units of time [2 words] Starts with J Teachers often give verbal praise. For example, a teacher might say, Great ___! Starts with K the grade between preschool and first grade Starts with L Bandura is associated with the social ___________ model. Starts with M the means by which behavior is learned through observation; commonly associated with social learning theory Starts with N occurs when a target behavior is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus; this is often misunderstood and confused with punishment [2 words] Starts with O Skinner's term for behaviors that are controlled by their consequences Starts with P a type of positive reinforcement in which a high probability behavior is used to reinforce a low probability behavior (after you do X, you can do Y); commonly referred to as Grandma's Law [2 words] Starts with Q According to Schalock (2000), ______________________ is a concept that reflects a person's desired conditions of living related to eight core dimensions of one's life... [3 words] Starts with R the delivery of a consequence following a behavior that increases the future probability of the behavior occurring Starts with S reinforcement of successive approximations of a target behavior Starts with T the specific behavior being addressed [2 words] Starts with U a concept originated in architecture that educators use to engineer learning environments, including how instruction is designed and delivered [2 words] Starts with V a theorist associated with the ecological model; believed children learn by engaging in activities that they enjoy and by working with other children who are more skilled at a particular task Starts with W a researcher who coined the term behaviorism, emphasizing the relationship between environmental events and the responses they produced Contains X occurs when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced Starts with Y the only behavior you can truly control [2 words] Starts with Z Vygotsky's term for the distance between a student's current performance level and optimal performance levels [4 words]