Antecedent Stimuli
As a future ABA professional, it is important that you understand how MOs and SDs affect behavior. When an individual is motivated for something and it is available, behaviors are likely to occur. MOs 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 MOs and SDs.
Give one example of an MO and one example of an SD.
Describe how behavior analysts can contrive MOs to change behavior based on what you have learned.
Source:
Read or review the following:
Miltenberger, R. G. (2016). Behavior modification: Principles and procedures (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Pages 77–80 in Chapter 4, “Reinforcement.”
Pages 131–132 in Chapter 7, “Stimulus Control: Discrimination and Generalization.”
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
Pages 38–41 in Chapter 2, “Basic Concepts and Principles.”
Pages 258 and 259 in Chapter 11, “Positive Reinforcement.”
Pages 395–400 in Chapter 17, “Stimulus Control.”
Pages 372–379 in Chapter 16, “Motivating Operations.”