bx assessment Flashcards
Operational definitions
Defines something in terms of the operations that count as measuring it
- most important aspect of the scientific method
- permits communication and replication
Self-monitoring
Clients observe and record own bxs
Self-monitoring - advantages
- Capitalizes on the fact that cls always available to monitor own bx
- Can be made of both overt and covert bxs (emotions, thoughts)
Quantitative data
- frequency
- duration
Qualitative data
- situation
- time
- mood
- thoughts
Simplest form of self-monitoring
frequency
Self-monitoring - limitations
- the more retrospective = usually less accurate
- Usefulness depends on cl’s ability/willingness to make careful and candid recordings
- Interrupts ongoing activities – can be irritating
- Reactivity: act of self-recording influences performance of the bx
How can increase accuracy of self-monitoring?
Simplifying recordings
Behavioral avoidance tests
Simulated observation used to assess fear
- Tp asks cl to engage in a series of steps that involve progressively more fear inducing bxs
** Number of steps cl can complete is used as a measure of fear
- Provides baseline measurement of how close person will get to a feared stimulus
(May not be accurate)
Operant bx
selected by its consequences
- consequences = significant role in maintaining bx
Respondent bx
(responding to antecedent)
bx elicited by antecedent stimuli
- consequences = minimal role in maintaining bx
Three term contingency
Describes the temporal sequence of antecedents, bxs, and consequences
- ABC model = antecedents –> behaviors –> consequences
maintaining conditions
specific antecedents and consequences that cause person to perform bx
maintaining antecedents
variables that maintain – or influence and cause – bx
Is the way an individual interprets an event important in determining the stimulus antecedents of his/her bx?
yes
