3- Operational Definitions/ Target Behaviors

Question 1

ABC Recording

Answer 1

Observation tool used to note what happens before a behavior, the behavior, and the consequences that occur after a behavior.

A-Antecedent
B-Behavior
C-Consequence

Question 2

Anecdotal Observation

Answer 2

aka ABC recording

Direct, continuous observation where the observer records the behavior and what is occurring in the natural environment of the behavior.

Question 3

Behavior Checklist

Answer 3

A list with specific skills, and the conditions for which each skill should be observed. Most use a likert scale to rate responses.

Question 4

Behavioral Assessment

Answer 4

Assessment involving direct and indirect observations, to identify and define the target behavior, and collect information/ data that will improve the efficiency of an intervention.

Question 5

Behavioral Cusp

Answer 5

a whole new world

A behavior change that results in the person being able to explore their environment in a completely different way.

Question 6

Ecological Assessment

Answer 6

Assessment method to collect data across settings or people, and acknowledges interrelationship between environment and behavior.

Question 7

Function Based Definition

Answer 7

A group of responses that have the same function, but they may look differently.

Question 8

Habilitation

Answer 8

adjustment

Occurs when all reinforcers are maximized and all punishers are minimized to change a person’s repertoire.

Question 9

Normalization

Answer 9

A philosophy or principle that people with disabilities should be exposed physically and socially to mainstream or “normal” environments.

Question 10

Pivotal Behaviot

Answer 10

A behavior that when it is learned, it transfers skills to other untrained behaviors.

Question 11

Reactivity

Answer 11

clicker

Effects of the observation on the behavior.

Question 12

Relevance of Behavior Rule

Answer 12

Only behaviors that are likely to produce reinforcement in the person’s natural environment, should be targeted for change.

Question 13

Social Validity

Answer 13

Ensuring that important and significant change is being shaped for target behaviors, intervention procedures, and outcomes.

Question 14

Target Behavior

Answer 14

DV

The response class selected for intervention.

Question 15

Topography Based Definition

Answer 15

Defines instances of the targeted response class by the shape or form of the behavior.

Question 16

Narrative ABC Recording

Answer 16

The type of abc recording where observer is able to write in whatever is observed before or after the target behavior.

Question 17

Continuous ABC Recording

Answer 17

The type of abc recording where antecedents, behavior, and consequences are checked off from a pre-observed list.