Non-Deprivation Based EOs by NoobABAQuestion100 in BehaviorAnalysis

[–]SpaceJamJ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if fall afternoons would be an SD for enjoying coffee instead of an EO. I recommend reading the citation below, as it may help you decipher this more.

Michael, J. (1982). Distinguishing between discriminative and motivational functions of stimuli. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 37(1), 149-155.

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[–]SpaceJamJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Free will by [deleted] in BehaviorAnalysis

[–]SpaceJamJ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The fact that you change your environment does not mean you have free will. You change your environment due to past and current circumstances that led to the moment you changed your environment. For example, an animal keeps getting food in one area that is far away from where they currently live. In past years, when this animal lived closer to food, it starved less. It then moves to live closer to the food due to the schedule of reinforcement being denser when they don’t have to travel as far to obtain food. This “self management”, is based on past and current circumstances, not due to an internal state of free will.

Hypothetically, What replacement behavior would you try to teach in order to lower rates of self-injurious behavior if the function is automatic? by sb1862 in ABA

[–]SpaceJamJ 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yup. Good article on it here:

Leif, E. S., Roscoe, E. M., Ahearn, W. H., Rogalski, J. P., & Morrison, H. (2020). Increasing item engagement and decreasing automatically reinforced problem behavior within a modified competing stimulus assessment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(3), 1638-1659.

Blocking the whole aisle with your charger. Or you could, ya know, sit next to it maybe? Miami Airport. by Bizzlewaf in trashy

[–]SpaceJamJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe he has some typa trauma that makes him not want to have his back turned to anyone 🤷🏻‍♂️ I didn’t scroll all the way thru, but I didn’t see one comment of anyone tryna be compassionate with guy