Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Operational definition

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A precise description of a procedure used to empirically test a theoretical concept. involves clearly defined parameters for measuring when a behavior occurs or
does not occur

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Writing Operational Target Behavior
Definitions

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Accurate, Complete, Concise, Inclusions, Exclusions

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Partial Interval Recording:

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Record whether the behavior happened at any time
during the interval. Tends to underestimate high-frequency behavior and
overestimate duration.

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Whole Interval Recording:

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At the end of each interval, it is recorded if the
behavior happened during the whole interval. The longer the interval, the more
whole interval will underestimate the occurrence of the behavior

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Momentary Time Sampling:

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The recorder notes whether the behavior happens at
the moment each interval ends. It is not recommended for low-frequency, short duration behaviors.

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PLACHECK

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planned activity check) is momentary time sampling for group engagement.

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Indirect measurement

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Measuring a behavior other than the behavior of interest

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Anecdotal observation

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AKA ABC Recording, A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client’s natural environment.

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Behavior Checklist

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An itemized list that describes specific skills and the conditions under which each skill should be observed. Some checklists are designed to assess one particular behavior or skill area. Others address multiple behaviors or skill areas. Most use a Likert scale to rate responses.

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Behavioral Assessment

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A form of assessment that includes indirect and direct procedures such as interviews, checklists, and tests to identify and define the specific target behavior. In addition to identifying behaviors to change, comprehensive behavioral assessment can uncover functional relations between variables; it provides context on the resources, assets, significant others, competing contingencies, maintenance, and generalization factors and the reinforcers that can be combined to improve the efficiency of an intervention.

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behavioral Cusp

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A behavior that has sudden and dramatic consequences that extend well beyond the idiosyncratic change itself because it exposes the person to new environments, reinforcers, contingencies, responses, and stimulus controls.

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Ecological assessment

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An assessment protocol that acknowledges complex interrelationships between environment and behavior.

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function based definition

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Designates responses as members of the targeted response class solely in terms of their common effects on the environment.

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Habilitation

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occur when a person’s repertoire has been changed such that short and long-term reformers are maximized and short long erm punishers are minimized.

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normalization

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As a philosophy and principle, the belief is that people with disabilities should, to the maximum extent possible, be physically and socially integrated into the mainstream of society regardless of the degree or type of disability. As an approach to intervention, the use of progressively more typical settings and procedures to establish and or maintain personal behaviors that are as culturally normal as possible.

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pivotal behavior

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A behavior that, when learned, produces corresponding modifications or covariation in other untrained behaviors.

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reactivity

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Effects of an observation and measurement procedure on the behavior being measured. Most likely, measurement procedures are obtrusive, especially if the person being observed is aware of the observer’s presence and purpose.

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relevance of behavior rule

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Holds that only behaviors likely to produce reinforcement in the person’s natural environment should be targeted for change.

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social validity

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Refers to the extent to which target behaviors are appropriate, intervention procedures are acceptable and important and significant changes in target and collateral behaviors are produced.

20
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target behavior

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The response class selected for intervention, can be defined either functionally or temporally.

21
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topography based definition

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Defines instances of the targeted response class by the shape or form of the behavior.