Discussion:
Social Significance and Detriment of Certain Behaviors
One of the main goals of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) is to modify and change behaviors that are detrimental to an individual's growth, development, and/or functioning. Now you will work on deciding the appropriate behavior to target. identify a socially significant behavior and discuss the following:
Questions:
1. Why this particular behavior is socially significant
2. How the presence of this behavior has been detrimental to your client's life
3. How eliminating this behavior will help to improve your client's life