ABA textbook pgs wk. 3 Flashcards
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Function-based Definition
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- measure and treat a socially significant target behavior in a safe and meaningful way
- in natural environment
2
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Topography-based Definition
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- identify the target behavior by the shape or form of the behavior
3
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Definition of Target Behavior
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- accurate, complete and concise description of the behavior to be changed and therefore measured
- objective, clear, complete
4
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Social Validity
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- the target behavior(s) are important and will make a positive and meaningful change
5
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Repeatability
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- aka “countability”
- instances of a behavior can occur repeatedly through time
- behavior can be counted
6
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Temporal Extent
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- every instance of behavior occurs during some amount of time
- duration of behavior can be measured
7
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Temporal Locus
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- every instance of behavior occurs at a certain point in time with respect to other events
- when behavior occurs can be measured
(the LOCUSt occur at a certain time of year)
8
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Rate
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- the number of responses per unit of time (count/time)
- count = number of responses
- time = observation period in which the count was obtained
9
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Free Operant
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- behaviors that have discrete onset and offsets
- do not depend on discriminative stimuli
- involve minimal displacement
10
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Discrete Trials
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- controlled by a given opportunity to emit the response
- a single cycle of instruction that may be repeated
several times until a skill is mastered
11
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Celeration
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- how rates of response change over time
- acceleration, deceleration
12
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Duration
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- the amount of time from the onset to the end point of a response
- the basic measure of temporal extent
13
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Latency
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- a measure of the elapsed time between the onset of a stimulus and a subsequent response
14
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Interresponse Time (IRT)
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- a measure of the amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a behavior
15
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Percentage
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- a ratio formed by combining the same dimensional quantities
- count or time divided by duration
