Applied behavior analysis
ABA is based on behavior principles that were discovered using experiments. These experimental behavior principles were first discovered by psychologists. Psychologists studied the behavior of animals and people by doing experiments. The behavior principles are based on what psychologists learned by doing these experiments. ABA applies these experimental behavior principles to real life behavior. ABA is used to change a person's behavior. It is used to make a person's social behavior better. Socially important behavior is behavior that happens in a person's everyday life. Improving social behavior will increase the quality of a person's life.