Contextualization on the Programming of Conditions for the Development of Behaviors (PCDC): A Brazilian experience

Abstract

Among the technologies derived from experimental behavior analysis, there is the Programming of Conditions for Behavior Development allows analyzing and arranging teach­ing conditions that maximize and accelerate changes and reduce the occurrence of errors. It is a teaching technology used to characterize behaviors to be taught in different contexts and build, apply and evaluate teaching programs aimed at the development of behaviors based on analytical-behavioral principles. Thus, this article aims to characterize the Programming of Conditions for Behavior Development as an area of research and teaching planning; to char­acterize the historical contexts of the teaching program and the theoretical-methodological assumptions that constitute it, to describe the steps that make up the process of program­ming teaching and to present the diversity of its application. Providing an overview of the Programming of Conditions for Behavior Development as a research and technology area for intervention in teaching-learning processes can be a relevant step in making more accessible to those interested in planning teaching conditions.