AGR-1 Dimensional Quant Of Behavior

Question 1

Measures a specific DIMENSION of behavior…

Rate, IRT, Latency, Duration, Count

Answer 1

Continuous response measures

Question 2

Measures Occurrence vs
Non-occurrence
(or Incorrect occurrence of behavior)

Answer 2

Discontinuous response measure

Question 3

Make sure you specify went to start the timer: either at the onset of the stimulus, or at the offset. It’s important to be a specific as possible

Answer 3

Latency recording: event recording of restricted operant

Question 4

• . Wait for a stimulus to be completed
• . Begin timer at beginning of first response.Ex., Three math problems (number of responses)

        - Count total number of responses (ie., 3)
     - Responses took a total 3 minutes. 

Rate = number of responses/total time
Rate = 3 Responses/3 minutes

Rate = 1 response/minute

Answer 4

Event (frequency) Recording

Otherwise known as RATE

Question 5

correct (target) responses/Antecedents/total time

1. Needs to be a specific stimulus present.
   Ex. Answering a question requires a specific antecedent: a question
   If answer is incorrect, we still count it in restricted operants but not as correct
2. Start timer when you present the stimulus.
3. End it timer when Person completes last response

Use with Short, discrete, easy to count behaviors

To calculate Rate:

Answer 5

Event Recording of RESTRICTED OPERANTS

Question 6

Any operant whose response rate is controlled by a given opportunity to emit the response. There needs to be an antecedent stimulus of some kind.

Each discrete response occurs when an opportunity to respond exists.

Restricted operant, and controlled operant are synonymous

Example, Arthur answered 12 out of 15 questions per hour.

Answer 6

Restricted Operant

Question 7

what kind of data are we looking for

Does it measure a specific dimension of behavior or does it measure occurrence versus non-occurrence (Or incorrect occurrence) of behavior?

If it measures occurrence versus not occurrence of behavior use…

Answer 7

Discontinuous response measures

Question 8

Measures Permanent product on environment

Answer 8

Permanent product

If no, then it’s NOT data

Question 9

Make sure you specify went to start the timer: either at the onset of the stimulus or at the offset. It’s important to be as specific as possible

Answer 9

Latency recording

Question 10

Rare

usually used for very short and discrete responses

Answer 10

Inter-response time

Question 11

Count the numbers of Responses or Response Cycles

• Total time/number of Responses

Answer 11

Average “Estimated” IRT recording

Question 12

Continuous response measures

Answer 12

Event Recording:

• Frequency
• Rate

Latency
Count
Duration
IRT

Question 13

Starr eats 12 donuts in 2 hours. The IRT is approximately:

A. One minute
B. Six donuts per hour
C. Twelve
D. Ten minutes

Answer 13

120/12 equals 10 minutes

Question 14

Frank drank a sip of water at 12:00pm, 3:30pm, 7:00pm, and 11:00pm. What is the average IRT?

A. 2 hours 45 minutes (2.75 hrs)
B. 3 hours 36 minutes (3.6 hrs)
C. 4 times per 11 hours
D. 11 hours

Answer 14

Total time/number of IRT’s

11/3 = 3.6

Question 15

ASR 5
You are asked to record how many times Cindy approaches a friend and says, “Hello,” during a 20-minute recess. What is the best response measure?

A. Latency recording
B. Event recording
C. Duration recording
D. IRT recording

Answer 15

B

Question 16

ASR 6
Jaime entered a reading contest. She read 123 words per minute. This is an example of which dimensional quantity?

A. Duration
B. Frequency
C. Rate
D. Countability

Answer 16

Rate

Question 17

ASR 7
Dan said, “Toby, please take out your Math worksheet and complete word problems one and two.” 2 minutes later, Toby went to his locker, took out his Math worksheet and started working. It took him 4 minutes to complete the 1st problem. Then he got up to look in the Art center for 3 minutes. Toby sat down again and completed problem #2, which took 8 minutes. If you were doing IRT recording, what would you record?
A. 2 minutes
B. 4 minutes
C. 3 minutes
D. 6 minutes

Answer 17

Three minutes

Question 18

• Used to measure behavior
• What behavior are you trying to change?
• How often does it occur?
• Who is collecting data?
– Have they been trained?
– If not, is there time to train them?
• Is it feasible for staff to collect this data?
• How willing are staff to collect the data?
• When and where would you like them to collect the data?

Answer 18

Some considerations

Question 19

• providing the stimulus contingent upon behavior and assess effect on behavior

Answer 19

Reinforcer assessment

Question 20

Systematically Presenting stimuli

Answer 20

Reinforcer Sampling

Question 21

Providing the stimulus contingent upon Behavior And assessing effects on behavior

Answer 21

Reinforcer assessment

Question 22

systematically placing stimuli in the

environment to assess if the client approaches

Answer 22

Preference assessment

Question 23

• presenting and then removing stimuli
• taking data on number of approaches or time engaged in item/activity
• presenting one, stimuli at the same at a time

Answer 23

Single stimulus Preference assessment

Question 24

Taking data on number of approaches or time engage in activity

Presenting then removing stimuli

Presenting two Stimulus at the same time

Answer 24

Paired stimulus preference assessment

Question 25

Presenting and removing stimulus
Taking data on number of approaches or time engaged
Presenting more than two stimuli at the same time
After a stimulus is chosen you put it back into the array

Answer 25

Multiple stimulus with replacement

Question 26

ASR 2

Mom called Tina to come sit down for dinner. Tina walks to the table 7 minutes later. Seven minutes is there:

Latency

IRT

Tempura locus

Duration

Answer 26

Latency

Question 27

A child engages in crying for long periods of time. You are asked to address this behavior. What is the most appropriate response measure?

Latency recording

Event recording

Duration recording

IRT

Answer 27

? Duration recording

Question 28

correct (target) responses/Antecedents/total time

To calculate Rate:

Answer 28

Event Recording of Restricted OPERANTS

Question 29

Add up the duration for each response
Ex. R1 + R2 + R3
Total duration equals 10 seconds +45 seconds +1 minute

Total duration equals one minute 55 seconds or 115 seconds

Answer 29

Total duration recording

Question 30

Total time/Number of IRT’s

Ex., (70 secs + 90 secs)/2 IRT’s= 80 seconds

Answer 30

Average I RT recording

Be careful not to confuse with average estimated IRT

Question 31

Subset:
Estimating IRT

What dimensional quantity?
Length of time between two responses

Unit of measure?
Time

Start time when one response ends;
stop when next response starts

Answer 31

IRT recording

Continuous response measure

Question 32

Subset: Restricted operant

dimensional Quantity:
Frequency and rate

Unit of measure:
Response per time

How
Add number of responses; divided by total time it took for all responses

Eg., Author punched his head 40 times per minute

Response has clear beginning, middle, and end that does not need to be defined

Answer 32

Event recording

Question 33

Subset: with restricted operant’s

Dimensional quantity:
given a specific antecedent, frequency and rate

Unit of measure:
(Response/antecedent)Per time

How;
Add number of responses; place over number of antecedents: then divide by total time it took for all responses

Eg., Arthur answer a 12 out of 15 questions per hour

Can be used: needs a specific antecedent present

Response has clear beginning, middle and end that does not need to be defined

Limits: behavior occurs for long periods of time; behavior occurs too often to get an accurate count

Answer 33

Event recording with restricted operant

Question 34

ASR 3

A child engages in crying for a long period of time. You were asked to address this behavior. What is the most appropriate response measure?

Answer 34

Duration recording

Question 35

Can used with:
behavior that can occur freely

Limits :

Behavior occurs for long periods of time;

Behavior occurs too often to get an accurate count what is this one limits

Answer 35

Event Recording