AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -ABC stands for antecedent, behavior, and consequence. The model follows a sequence of events; what happens before, during, and after the target behavior. The antecedent is the situation or event that comes before a behavior. It is commonly called the “trigger.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The ABC Model: The three-term possible events of antecedent, behavior, and consequence. An antecedent is something that comes before a behavior and may trigger that behavior. A behavior is anything an individual does. A consequence is something that follows the behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antecedents are the conditions for behaviour choice. You can’t change, but you can control antecedent impact. Triggers are events that ignite behavioural choice. Choose to remove negative triggers to improve success probability.

Detailed explanation-4: -A: Activating Event (something happens to or around someone) B: Belief (the event causes someone to have a belief, either rational or irrational) C: Consequence (the belief leads to a consequence, with rational beliefs leading to healthy consequences and irrational beliefs leading to unhealthy consequences)

Detailed explanation-5: -The ABC approach to behaviour ABC stands for antecedent (A), behaviour (B) and consequence (C). It is an observation tool that teachers can use to analyse what happened before, during and after a behaviour1.