PS560 Principles of ABA
DISCUSSION INSTRUCTIONS
Your active participation in the weekly discussions is important to the shared learning experience. Active discussions will also develop your community of professionals. Please participate as early in the week as possible to help promote a robust discussion.
After you have completed the readings, post your initial response to the following discussion. Your post should respond to all parts of the topic(s) in complete sentences, and should extend the discussion of the group by including original thoughts or ideas with support from multiple academic outside sources and/or course materials, correctly using APA style, both in-text and complete reference at the end of the post.
After you have submitted your initial post, review other posts and respond to multiple classmates. Your response to other classmates should ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas that expand on the topic. Be sure to post your responses over multiple days throughout the unit week as this helps promote a real discussion. Refer to your Discussion Board Rubric for a specific grading explanation.
Access the Unit 4 Discussion Board
Review the Discussion Board Basics tutorial for a step-by-step overview of the Discussion Board posting process.Complete the readings and the interactive learning activity before you attempt the discussion question.
Begin by describing the three-term contingency, and explain why it is described as the basic unit of analysis for operant behavior. In reviewing the contingencies of reinforcement and punishment, discuss how each set of contingencies has an effect on an individual's behavior.
Choose a behavior from your own experience that has been reinforced, and identify whether that behavior was positively or negatively reinforced, outlining the specific three term contingency of that operant behavior. Next, choose a behavior from your own experience that has been punished and identify whether that behavior was positively or negatively punished; outline the specific three term contingency of that operant behavior. Finally, in either of those behaviors, discuss how matching law or schedules of reinforcement may contribute to the maintenance of the behavior under certain circumstances.
Review two of your classmate's responses using following ideas as a guide:
| | | | | | Criteria 1 | Level III Max Points 7 points | Level II Max Points 6 points | Level I Max Points 4 points | Not Present 0 points | Criterion Score |
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Initial Discussion Board Post Content Quality | Initial post meets all of the following: - Responds to all parts of the topic(s) in complete sentences.
- Post includes original thoughts or ideas.
- Post includes support from multiple academic outside sources and/or course materials.
- Post is substantive and includes evidence of reflection and ideas related to the topic.
| Initial post meets two of the following: - Responds to all parts of the topic(s) in complete sentences.
- Post includes original thoughts or ideas.
- Post includes support from multiple academic outside sources and/or course materials.
- Post is substantive and includes evidence of reflection and ideas related to the topic.
| Initial post meets one of the following: - Responds to all parts of the topic(s) in complete sentences
- Post includes original thoughts or ideas.
- Post includes support from multiple academic outside sources and/or course materials.
- Post is substantive and includes evidence of reflection and ideas related to the topic.
| No initial post to the topic(s). Or The initial post does not address any parts of the discussion topic. | Score of Initial Discussion Board Post Content Quality, / 7 |
| Criteria 2 | Level III Max Points 7 points | Level II Max Points 6 points | Level I Max Points 4 points | Not Present 0 points | Criterion Score |
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Additional Responses and Engagement in Social Learning | Additional responses and follow-up questions meet all of the following: - Are posted in response to multiple classmates or the instructor.
- Responses to others ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas that expand on the topic.
- Posts responses over multiple days throughout the unit week.
| Additional responses and follow-up questions meet two of the following: - Are posted in response to multiple classmates or the instructor.
- Responses to others ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas that expand on the topic.
- Posts responses over multiple days throughout the unit week.
| Additional responses and follow-up questions meet one of the following: - Are posted in response to multiple classmates or the instructor.
- Responses to others ask follow-up questions or provide additional ideas that expand on the topic.
- Posts responses over multiple days throughout the unit week.
| No additional responses posted Or Additional responses do not remain on topic. | Score of Additional Responses and Engagement in Social Learning, / 7 |
| Criteria 3 | Level III Max Points 3 points | Level II Max Points 2 points | Level I Max Points 1 point | Not Present 0 points | Criterion Score |
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Spelling / Grammar / Mechanics | All of the following are true: - Posts are clearly written in Standard English.
- Posts are free of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
| One of the following is true: - Posts are clearly written in Standard English.
- Posts are free of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
| None of the following is true: - Posts are clearly written in Standard English.
- Posts are free of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
| No posts. | Score of Spelling / Grammar / Mechanics, / 3 |
| Criteria 4 | Level III Max Points 3 points | Level II Max Points 2 points | Level I Max Points 1 point | Not Present 0 points | Criterion Score |
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APA Style | All of the following are true: - Formats correctly using APA style with in-text citations.
- Formats correctly using APA style with complete reference at the end of the post
| One of the following is true: - Formats correctly using APA style with in-text citations.
- Formats correctly using APA style with complete reference at the end of the post.
| None of the following is true: - Formats correctly using APA style with in-text citations.
- Formats correctly using APA style with complete reference at the end of the post.
| No posts. | Score of APA Style, / 3 |
TotalScore of SBS Grad 20 point Discussion Rubric,/ 20 |
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