hello my name is Dan Gelardi and I'm a BCBA
with Brett DiNovi and associates today I
will be discussing rule governed
behavior rule governed behavior serves an
overall importance for behavior
management along with society at large
this video would define rule governed behavior
note some of its applications to apply
Behavior analysis touch on the effect of
ruled governed behavior in society and give
some general examples what is rule governed 
behavior simply is behavior on the
control of rules in behavior analytic
terms the rule is seen as a verbal
statement of antecedent behavior
consequence of contingency so basically
the description of what will happen
before and after person engages in the
behavior rather than the person
experience the behavior themselves which
is shaped by reinforcing no inverts of
consequences known as contingency shaped
behavior Tarbox and colleagues 2011
states that by definition one can follow
a rule without ever contacted the
contingencies it describes basically a
person engages in a behavior based on
something they witnessed they may have
right or told about rules are intended
be guidelines for effective behavior
Williams and colleagues 1989 tells us
that rule don't behavior occurs due to
contact and rules that subscribe
continues in other words someone tells
you about it when you witness it to
happen to another person you can read it
on a sign a book or manual or watch a
video etc and it's not due to prior
contact with the actual contingencies
themselves also if it doesn't happen to
you directly but you gain enough
understandable information in regards to
contingency to be made aware of the
potential consequences rule dumb
behavior helps people to remain safe
from adverse of consequences without
experiencing them directly such as the
rule look both ways before crossing the
street
therefore you will likely remain safe
and not be struck by an oncoming vehicle
so this chart titled
rule govern behavior put it into
perspective has different rules
contingencies and also how it is ruled
on behavior so in this example the rule
would be do not touch the hot stove or
you would get burned and the contingency
that you did in previous experiences if
you
touch the stove and therefore you never
burn what makes it rule gun behavior is
if you follow that contingency and you
actually don't touch the stove therefore
you avoid being burned for the next
example the rule would be if you rob a
bank then you go to jail
the contingency that was in previous
experience by that particular individual
is them robbing a bank and stealing that
money from the bank it's considered rule
governed behavior if you listen to that
particular rule and you do not rob the
bank or if you actually rather bank and
get away with it by not going to jail
let's talk about rule governed behavior
in the terms of rules versus shaping
rule gun behavior and apply valve
analysis which includes rules versing in
rules for shaping responding may be more
likely to come under the control of
rules when contingencies are too weak
remote or complex reinforcement is
contingent on following the rule then we
have self rules such as promoting
independence and learners with
developmental disabilities self rules
are the find as when a person repeats a
rule convert lis at the following the
same rule provided by others or derived
from their own observations and their
interactions with previously reinforcing
situations learning to generate and file
of self rules can be potentially useful
self-management strategies for
individuals that rely on external
instructions or prompts as stayed in
saloon and rate field 2008 for example
an individual who learned to put
together a meal might be taught the
chain czesc of assembling that meal by
stating the self rule prior to each step
in the chain test this allows less
reliance on prompts and more importantly
increased overall independence rules can
enhance the speed and efficiency of DRO
procedures and other contingency based
procedures as stated in watch 2013 and
Williams and Holly's 1989 so then we
have rules and reinforcement topics the
colleagues 2011 suggests that people
will follow rules because they have been
reinforced for doing so in the past a
behavior plan with familiar rules are
those that if similar can produce
increasingly effective outcomes now
there be more familiar with rule
governed behavior as current
implications towards behavior management
and society at large where we go from
here table locks
Ethan old touches on some implications
of future research in regards to rule
gun behavior more research is needed to
understand the attempts to establish the
ability to follow rules that specify
long delayed consequences such as
that's cancer retirement career
advancement or non-existing consequences
such as going to hell going to heaven
etc some research questions to ask how
do people create these moles how
effectively they followed since they
equate delayed consequences over
instance or slightly delayed
consequences what role the society play
in these rules do rules change over the
span of a person's life span I'd be
interested in your comments below in
regards to implications for future
research one final example of Rubel
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