Chapter 2: Measuring Behavior

Question 1

Event Recording

Answer 1

Distinct beginning and ending i.e free operant

Count (simple tally) vs. Rate and Frequency

Question 2

Event Recording: Celeration

Answer 2

How rates of response change over time

Question 3

Duration Recording: Temporal Extent

Answer 3

High rate, continuous behaviors
Can either be Total Duration (i.e start and stop timer but do not clear it) or Duration per Occurrence (i.e clearing the timer for each occurrence)

Question 4

Latency Recording: Temporal Locus

Answer 4

Amount of time elapsed between onset of stimulus and initiation of the behavior

Looking to either lengthen or shorten this amount of time

Question 5

Interval Recording

Answer 5

Partial Interval
Whole Interval
Momentary Time Sampling