1. Your ABA Definition Repertoire
Justin Daigle, MA, BCBA, LBA

2. Terms from Training Antecedent Functions of Behavior
Applied Behavior Analysis
Impure Tact
Behavior
Intraverbal
Data
Mand
Deprivation
Matching to Sample
Differential Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
Discrete Trial
Negative Reinforcement
Echoic

3. Terms from Training… Part Deux
Pairing
Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing (Pairing)
Positive Punishment
Tact
Positive Reinforcement
Target Behavior
Punishment
Three-Term Contingency
Reinforcement
Verbal Behavior
Satiation

4. Terms from “Reinforcer” Discussion
Conditioned Punisher
Primary Reinforcement
Conditioned Reinforcer
Secondary Reinforcer
Consequence
Unconditioned Punisher
Contingent
Unconditioned Reinforcer
Free Operant
Preference Assessment
Premack Principle

5. Terms from this Reminder
Repertoire – The whole of an individuals behavior.
Ex: “Justin can read this because reading is within his repertoire.”
Ex: “Eoin just added two new manding items to his repertoire.”

6. People you should know…
B.F. Skinner – Psychologist that created “Radical Behaviorism”. Researched using behavioral principals to shape the behaviors of living organisms. Often nicknamed the “Father of ABA”. He coined several major terms such as “reinforcer” and “punishment” as well as wrote the book Verbal Behavior.

7. A Few Random Terms Topography – The form of the behavior
Hitting is a topography. Attention is a function.
Kicking is a topography. Attention is a function
Kicking is a topography. Escape is a function.
Hitting is a topography. Escape is a function.

8. Topography and Function
Different topographies of a behavior can have
different functions