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Locus of control is a psychological concept that refers to how strongly people believe they have control over the situations and experiences that affect their lives. Based on your knowledge and readings of the immune system, answer the following question:

• Does locus of control affect the functioning of the immune system?

Word count: 200 words

Cite information from your textbook and at least one outside scholarly resource (journal article, books, etc.) to support each post.

Textbook: Health Psychology by Taylor, Shelley and Stanton, Annette. (2021) Eleventh Edition.

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For this assignment, I need to provide a long-answer essay response to each of the questions below. For each question, you are encouraged to use the peer-reviewed resources provided throughout the units to support your responses. Please do not copy and paste the whole question into the document. Rather, use APA format section headings to organize your paper, with separate sections for each question. Use the rubric and the assignment prompts as guides to be sure you address all topics. Be sure to use the sources provided so far in the course and support your work throughout with in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your paper.

The assignment should be 810 pages, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

• Title Page: Provide the assignment title, your name, course and section number, instructor name, and date.
• Body: Include an introductory and a concluding paragraph. Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs, using appropriate personal and professional insights.
  • The assignment must be written in Standard English and demonstrate superior organization, including a highly developed viewpoint and purpose that is clearly established and sustained. The communication of your thoughts must be highly ordered, logical, and unified, displaying exceptional content, organization, style, and mechanics (including the use of correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure).
  • Your responses should meet professional writing standards, using proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct and accurate and reflect knowledge of applied behavior analysis.
• Reference Page: Sources listed in APA format.
  • A minimum of three academic sources, including in-text citation(s).
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.
• Use standard 1″ margins on all sides.
• Use current APA formatting and citation style.

Please respond to the following:

• Compare the three branches of behavior analysis (behaviorism, EAB, and ABA).
  • Explain how the evolving historical and philosophical perspectives of behaviorism have influenced the study of applied behavior analysis as a natural science.
  • Name at least four important figures who have developed and furthered the science of behavior analysis and, specifically, discuss their contributions to the field.
• Define radical behaviorism.
  • Explain the ways in which radical behaviorism attempts to create a set of universal laws to understand all behavior.
  • How does radical behaviorism differentiate between private events and public events?
  • How does the distinction between private events and public events relate to a distinction between mentalistic and environmental explanations for behavior?
  • In radical behaviorism, which explanation is preferred and why?
• Explain the six attitudes/assumptions of experimental analysis of behavior, the goals of behavior analysis as a science, and the seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis.
  • Examine how each of these areas work together to contribute to the development of a technology (i.e. a set of standards and procedures) that is used to influence socially significant behavior.

Overview

In Week 8, you will present a mock case study to your supervising BCBA. The slides should be short phrases or sentences as bullet points to cover the evaluation of the first six months of your treatment plan. You will be provided a referral behavior and assigned function in the courseroom by your instructor.

In this assignment, you will focus on the second part of the presentation. The slide deck requirements for the second part are:

• Replacement Behavior Label, Goal, and Data Collection Method.
• Replacement Behavior Intervention Plan, Data Display, and Progress.
• Supervision of Direct Staff.
• Summary.
• References.

Important notes:

• No audio recording is needed for this assignment.
• Review the assignment instructions and rubric to ensure all required aspects are covered.
• Use the as a starting point.
• Remember, you are acting as the supervisor but reporting to your supervising BCBA since you are not yet certified.

Instructions

The slides you complete for this assignment will be used for your 815 minute presentation in Week 8. This assignment is to get feedback on your content for the second part of the presentation. Include each section detailed below in your Progress Report Slide Deck Part 2.

Reminder: Your presentation should be bullet points outlining the key areas you’ll discuss. Avoid long paragraphs. Audio will be added in Week 8 to elaborate on the bullet points. Audio is NOT required for this assignment.

In Week 8, you will combine Part 1 and Part 2 to create the full presentation and record your audio to present.

Use the to complete the following:

Self-Assessment Slide (1 Slide)

This slide requires filling out the table provided. You will not change or delete any part of this table. Instead, just add in your answer for the self-assessment related to the work that you turned in.

Replacement Behavior Label, Goal, and Data Collection Method (1 Slide)

• Label the functionally equivalent replacement behavior that was taught.
  • Needs to be a specific behavior the client can engage in instead of the assigned referral behavior, but still gain the same or similar function.
• Provide the intervention used to teach the replacement behavior. This section is not for you to label the specific reinforcement strategy. Instead, you are stating the procedures you used to teach your client to engage in a new skill so that you can provide reinforcement.
• Provide the data collection method for the replacement behavior.
  • State the specific type of data that was used to track the replacement behavior.
  • Ensure that your data collection method matches the criterion from your goal.
  • Consider how you will visually display this data (for later in the slides).
  • Cite BACB ethical code and scholarly source to support your choice.

Replacement Behavior Intervention Plan, Data Display, and Progress (35 Slides)

• Briefly outline intervention procedures that were used to teach the replacement behavior. This section is not for you to label the specific reinforcement strategy. Instead, you are stating the procedures you used to teach your client to engage in a new skill so that you can provide reinforcement. Remember this intervention has been in place for 6 months and was already approved by your supervising BCBA prior to starting services. Note that your teaching strategy has to be different from your antecedent strategy. Include:
  • Specific prompt types or levels used within the teaching strategy listed.
  • Changes in implementation (including prompt level) over 6 months.
• Provide 6 months of intervention data, including a visual display, related to the replacement behavior with a bulleted description of what the graph means. Include:
  • Graphical display must include baseline data and intervention data for all sessions conducted in the 6-month period.
  • Description will include label of baseline trend/variability and intervention trend and variability. You will also outline any other aspects that may be necessary.
• Outline current progress toward the replacement behavior goal and next steps related to changing this replacement behavior. Include:
  • Label the outcome criteria/goal as In Progress or Met and ensure that this label is supported by your graphical display of the data.
  • Provide recommendations for this behavior intervention from this point. Will you continue with the current intervention? Will you start to generalize? Will you begin fading the intervention? Support your choice with your data and scholarly support.
• Cite scholarly references to support the interventions, data methods, and clinical recommendations you provided. Each area/slide is required to have at least one scholarly source, but some slides will need to include more than one.
• Adhere to and cite specific BACB related to choosing interventions. At least one BACB ethical code citation is required. Adhere to compassionate practice and cite the when appropriate.

Supervision of Direct Staff (23 Slides)

Treatment Integrity

• Label how you initially trained the staff to implement the intervention.
• Label the tool used to collect treatment integrity over the 6-month intervention.
• Provide a graphical visual display of the treatment integrity data that was collected over the course of six months. Label:
  • How often did you collect treatment integrity data?
  • Who collected the treatment integrity data?
  • The results of the data collection.
• Adhere to and cite current BACB and include at least one scholarly reference to support your statements. Consider the elements and cite when applicable.

Interobserver Agreement (IOA)

• Label the specific type of IOA that you collected.
  • You may need to include two types depending on the data collection method.
• Provide a graphical visual display of the treatment integrity data that was collected over the course of six months. Label:
  • Graphical display needs to include two lines of data.
    • One for referral behavior IOA.
    • One for replacement behavior IOA.
  • How often did you collect treatment integrity data.
  • Who collected the treatment integrity data.
  • The results of the data collection.
• Adhere to and cite current BACB and include at least one scholarly reference to support your statements. Consider the elements and cite when applicable.

Summary (1 Slide)

• Summarize the important details of the case. This will include:
  • Barriers: Label at least one barrier related to the intervention during the intervention period.
  • Highlights: Label at least one highlight related to the intervention during the intervention period.
  • Service recommendations: Label if services will remain the same or be altered and provide the recommended hours for the next service period including:
    • Direct Staff (RBTs).
    • Supervision Staff (Mid-Level Analyst).
    • BCBA Supervision.
    • Parent Training (Optional).

References (At Least 1 Slide)

• Provide the APA-formatted citation for all references that are cited on your slides in your presentation.

Refer to the for further details regarding the assignment.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Ensure that slides are free of errors and written to effectively communicate ideas and practices to your selected audience.
• APA formatting: Use current APA format and style for the reference slide and in-text citations. Use for guidance in citing sources in proper APA style. See the for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
• Resources: Include a sufficient number of scholarly and/or professional resources to support your conclusions. You should include your course text (if necessary), behavior analytic peer-reviewed research published within the last 7 years, and the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.
• Length: 810 slides. Your final presentation should be 1520 slides.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:

• Competency 1: Apply ethical, compassionate, inclusive, and professional standards of practice and supervision in the behavior analytic field.
  • Summary and Recommendation: Provide a bulleted list that describes barriers, highlights, and recommendations for services hours for the next funding period.
• Competency 2: Communicate concepts and principles of behavior analysis, including definitions and characteristics, using the professional standards of applied behavior analysis.
  • Self-Assessment: Complete the self-assessment provided in the template and at least three of the assignment walkthrough activities related to the completed work.
  • APA Compliance, Organization, and Writing Skills: Apply APA formatting to references and graphs, organization of presentation flows well, and contains minimal grammatical or spelling errors.
• Competency 3: Analyze techniques of behavioral measurement and data analysis to display and interpret behavioral data as it applies to the behavior analytic field.
  • Replacement Goal and Data Collection Method: Provide a bulleted list including labeling the replacement behavior, a clear outcome criterion, and data collection method for the replacement behavior.
• Competency 4: Evaluate research-based theories and findings in the experimental evaluation of interventions and treatment designs in the practice of applied behavior analysis.
  • Replacement Teaching Strategy, Data, and Progress: Provide a bulleted list on multiple slides that labels the teaching strategy, a visual display and bullet points to describe the data, and progress toward goals.
• Competency 6: Implement principles of applied behavior analysis for modifying client and supervisee behavior, and for developing and monitoring supervision systems for behavior change.
  • Treatment Fidelity: Provide a bulleted list that describes how you initially trained your staff; the tool used to collect data; who and how often data was collected, and the target percentage; and provide a graphical display of the results of the supervision data collected.
  • Interobserver Agreement: Provide a bulleted list that describes the types of IOA; who and how often data was collected, and the target percentage; and provide a graphical display of the results of the supervision data collected for both the referral and replacement behaviors.