Capella PSY7708 2020 JULY Week 10 Discussion Latest

PSY7708 Basic Foundations in Applied Behavior Analysis

Week 10 Discussion

Antecedent Stimuli

As a future ABA professional, it is important that you understand how motivating operations and discriminative stimuli effect behavior. When an individual is motivated for something and it is available, behaviors are likely to occur. Motivating operations can be contrived so that reinforcement is valuable. Discrimination training can occur such that an individual understands a stimulus is available when a particular stimulus is present.

Explain the similarities and differences between motivation operations and discriminative stimuli.

Give one example of an MO and one example of an SD.

Based on what you have learned, describe how behavior analysts can contrive MOs to change behavior.

Response Guidelines

Read the posts of your peers and respond to two. Your response should be substantive and demonstrate your understanding of the material. What aspects of the post do you like or agree with and why? Are there areas that are not clear? Did the post spark questions that you would like to ask your peer? In this, and in all of your courseroom posts, be sure to keep your tone scholarly, respectful, and professional.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Distinguish between motivation operations and discriminative stimuli.

Describe real-world examples of motivation operations and discriminative stimuli.