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| Function-based definition |
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| designates responses as members of the targeted response class solely by their common effect on the environment. |
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| Topography-based definition |
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| Identifies instances of the target behavior by the shape or form of the behavior. |
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| The specific behavior selected for change. |
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| Includes indirect and direct procedures such as interviews, checklists, and tests to identify and define the specific target behavior. |
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| The degree to which the person's repertoire maximizes short- and long-term reinforcers for that individual and for others, and minimizes short- and long- term punishers. |
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| Occurs when a learner performs a new behavior that sets the occasion to access reinforcers that otherwise would not have been available. |
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| A behavior that, once learned, produces corresponding modifications or covariations in other adaptive untrained behaviors. |
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