Chapter 1

Question 1

Behaviour

Answer 1

What people do and say

Question 2

Frequency

Answer 2

Number of time it occurs

Question 3

Duration

Answer 3

time from when an instance of the behaviour starts until it stops

Question 4

Intensity

Answer 4

physical force involved in the behaviour

Question 5

Latency

Answer 5

speed of behaviour

Question 6

Overt Behaviour

Answer 6

an action that can be observed and record by a person other than the one engaging in the behaviour

Question 7

Covert Behaviour

Answer 7

are not observable behaviour

Question 8

Behaviour Modification

Answer 8

the applied science and professional practise concerned with analyzing and modifying human behaviour

Question 9

target behaviour

Answer 9

the behaviour to be modified

Question 10

behavioural excess

Answer 10

an undesirable behaviour the person wants to increase in frequency, duration or intensity

Question 11

behavioural deficit

Answer 11

a desirable target behaviour the person wants to increase in frequency, duration, or intensity

Question 12

experimental analysis of behaviour

Answer 12

scientific study of behaviour

Question 13

applied behaviour analysis

Answer 13

the scientific study of human behaviour to help people change behaviour in meaningful ways

Question 14

behaviour analysis

Answer 14

a natural science approach to the study of the behaviour of organisms

Question 15

phenomenon

Answer 15

a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question

Question 16

Behaviour

Answer 16

anything an organism does that can be measured

Question 17

inter-observer reliability

Answer 17

people using the same definitions should reach the same conclusions

Question 18

behavioural assessment

Answer 18

baseline measurement of the target behaviour