An Introduction to Verbal Behaviour

Skinner's approach to verbal behaviour (language) is central to behaviour analysis, as a philosophy of science, and, increasingly in application, including interventions for autism and challenging behaviour. This PowerPoint show provides an advanced undergraduate level introduction to the basic concepts of Skinner's functional approach to understanding verbal behaviour.

Lecture 4 - Methods and Stuff

Banking Parameters and arguments Passing Objects Primitives Returning Getters and Setters

Lecture 5 - Constructors

Constructors With one parameter With two parameters Overloading Constructors and methods

Lecture 3 - Objects Ahoy

Variables - Objects and Primitives, Quick look at scope

Lecture 7 - Going Loopy

Looping while do while for Arrays indexes For each loop

Lecture 8 - über-Arrays

ArrayList ArrayList vs Array Declaration Insertion Access Removal Wrapper classes Iterator object

Lecture 13 - It runs in the family

Inheritance Code duplication Super classes Constructors Polymorphic collections “Anywhere a super class is, a sub class can go” Casting A great deception

Lecture 14 - Exploring Polymorphism

Which methods are where? Overriding Calling super’s methods Coupling and cohesion

Lecture 15 - Interface this

A quick word about abstract How a class interfaces Making Pets The Deadly Diamond of Death Interfaces (not interfaces)

Lecture 16 - I can't hear you through the static

Static Types of methods Instance Static Example Calling Static methods Why Static Final

Lectures 17 and 18 - Exceptions - when it all goes wrong

Exceptions An Example The Throws keyword Try and Catch The flow Multiple exceptions Finally How exceptions are thrown What the complier checks Handle or Defer Recovery Writing your own

Lecture 12 - Scope

Instance Variables Local variables Cool 3D Modelling! “this” keyword

Lecture 1 - Starting out

What is Programming? A useful definition Object Orientation (and it’s counterparts) Thinking OO Programming Blocks Variables Logic Data Structures Methods