HUMBEHV 2B06 A/B
INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS (ABA) I
Winter 2026 · Intro To Appl Behav Analysis I · C01
Readings
- Etext Behavior Modification Principles And Procedures - 12 Month Access Ed: 7ISBN 9780357796436; 9780357796375
Fall 2026 · Intro To Appl Behav Analysis I · C01
Readings
- eText Behavior Modification Principles And Procedures - 12 Month Access Ed: 7ISBN 9780357796436; 9780357796375
Fall 2026 · C01
Topics
- Introduction to ABA Assessment & Evaluation
- Foundations of ABA
- 7 Dimensions of ABA
- Operational Definitions and Data Collection
- Introduction to Field Placement (online & synchronous class- please see Avenue for meeting link)
- Baseline & Behavioural Objectives
- Graphing
- Reinforcement
- Reinforcement continued: Token Economies & Group Contingencies
- NVCI Training
- Preparing for your Research Presentation (online & asynchronous class- please see Avenue for meeting link)
- Shaping, Prompting & Prompt Fading
- Extinction and Punishment
- Stimulus Control: Discrimination and Generalization
- Generalization and Maintenance
- Chaining & Task Analyses
- Self-Monitoring & Rule Governed Behaviour
- Presentations
- Exam Prep and Review
- Applications to Field Placement 1
Readings
- Behavior Modification: Principles and Procedures | 7th EditionCengage · ISBN 9780357796375
- Behavior Modification: Principles and Procedures | 7th Edition ISBN: 9780357796375 Authors: Raymond G. Miltenberger Publisher: Cengage Edition: 7th Edition
- Miltenberger Chapters 1 & 8
- Baer, Wolf and Risley- Some Current Dimensions of Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Miltenberger- Chapters 2 & 3 In-Class Activity #1
- Miltenberger pgs. 38-46 In-Class Activity #2
- Miltenberger Chapter 19 Stokes and Baer - An Implicit Technology of Generalization
- Miltenberger Chapter 25
- Miltenberger Chapter 7
- Miltenberger Chapter 23
- Research Paper due March 7, 2027 by 11:59 p.m.
- Check your McMaster email for the date and time of your presentation
- FINAL EXAM
Fall 2025 · Intro To Appl Behav Analysis I · C01
Readings
- Etext Behavior Modification Principles And Procedures - 12 Month Access Ed: 7ISBN 9780357796436; 9780357796375
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Campus Store reading list ↗Fall 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2026
- Campus Store reading list ↗Fall 2025