Antecedents are stimuli that occur before a behavior and can influence behaviors. MOs and SDs are types of antecedents that play an important role in the occurrence of behaviors. Understanding the impact of these antecedents allows behavior analysts to manipulate these variables and influence client behavior in a meaningful way.
This template has one column for similarities and one column for differences. In a bulleted format, fill in your analysis of the two concepts, placing similarities in the left column and differences in the right column.
There should be two or three examples in each column.
Once you fill out the similarities and differences, do the following below the columns:
Identify and describe three real situations from your environment or experience (please identify MOs and SDs in each of your examples).
There should be both an MO and SD in each example to show how these terms work together.
Identify which antecedent variable is the MO and which is the SD. Describe how they work together in the example you provided.