Applied Behavior Analysis » (2nd Edition)

Applied Behavior Analysis provides a complete description of the principles and procedures needed to systematically change socially significant behavior and to understand the reasons for that change. This comprehensive text, appropriate for courses in basic principles, applications, and behavioral research methods, helps students, educators, and practitioners appreciate and begin to acquire the conceptual and technical skills necessary to foster socially adaptive behavior in diverse individuals.

PART I. INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS

Chapter 1 Definition and Characteristics of Applied Behavior Analysis

Chapter 2 Basic Concepts

PART II. SELECTING, DEFINING, AND MEASURING BEHAVIOR

Chapter 3 Selecting and Defining Target Behaviors

Chapter 4 Measuring Behavior

Chapter 5 Improving and Assessing the Quality of Behavioral Measurement

PART III. EVALUATING AND ANALYZING BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Chapter 6 Constructing and Interpreting Graphic Displays

Chapter 7 Analyzing Behavior Change: Basic Assumptions and Strategies

Chapter 8 Analytic Tactics Using Withdrawal, Reversal, and Multi-Element Treatment Conditions

Chapter 9 Analytic Tactics Using Multiple Baselines and Changing Criteria

Chapter 10 Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Research in Applied Behavior Analysis

PART IV. REINFORCEMENT

Chapter 11 Positive Reinforcement

Chapter 12 Negative Reinforcement - Brian A. Iwata and Richard G. Smith

Chapter 13 Schedules of Reinforcement

PART V. PUNISHMENT

Chapter 14 Punishment by Presentation of a Stimulus

Chapter 15 Punishment by Removal of a Stimulus

PART VI. ANTECEDENT VARIABLES

Chapter 16 Motivating Operations - Jack L. Michael

Chapter 17 Stimulus Control

PART VII. DEVELOPING NEW BEHAVIOR

Chapter 18 Imitation

Chapter 19 Shaping

Chapter 20 Chaining

PART VIII. DECREASING BEHAVIOR WITH Nonpunishment procedures

Chapter 21 Extinction

Chapter 22 Differential Reinforcement

Chapter 23 Antecedent Interventions

PART IX. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

Chapter 24 Functional Behavior Assessment — Nancy A. Neef and Stephanie M. Peterson

PART X. VERBAL BEHAVIOR

Chapter 25 Verbal Behavior - Mark Sundberg

PART XI. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS

Chapter 26 Contingency Contracting, Token Economy, and Group Contingencies

Chapter 27 Self-Management

PART XII. PROMOTING GENERALIZED BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Chapter 28 Generalization and Maintenance of Behavior Change

PART XIII. ETHICS

Chapter 29 Ethical Considerations for Applied Behavior Analysts - Jose A. Martinez-Diaz, Thomas Freeman, and Matthew Normand