The ABC's Of Behavior
This helps introduce you to the ABC's of behavior to understand behaviors and how they can change.
Antecedents - anything that happens before a behavior. Antecedents make behaviors more or less likely to occur. Here are examples of antecedents you may experience in your life;
- A request from a teacher or boss
- A person makes a provoking statement
- An interaction with a person
- The presence of another person
- A change in the environment
- A feeling or emotion
- An important event
Behavior - an action performed by an individual that can be observed objectively and measured by an onlooker.
Consequences - anything that happens immediately after a behavior occurs. Consequences either make a behavior more or less likely to occur again. Consequences either make a behavior more or less likely to occur again.
Examples of a consequence we're all familiar with are the likes and shares on social media—time and attention are rewarding.
