Chapter 3

Question 1

Constructs

Answer 1

Broad descriptive terms that are open to interpretation such as good, bad, and lazy.

Question 2

Pinpointing

Answer 2

Describing behavior precisely. The end result is called a pinpoint.

Question 3

Pinpointing

Answer 3

Describing behavior precisely. The end result is called a pinpoint.

Question 4

The Stranger Test

Answer 4

Ask yourself can anyone not familiar with the student read your description of the student’s behavior and interpret it in the same way as you do.

Question 5

The So What? Test

Answer 5

Used to decide whether or not to fix a student’s behavior when that behavior is a violation of a questionable rule. Ask yourself so what? to determine if the behavior is maladaptive.

Question 6

Maladaptive Behavior

Answer 6

Any behavior that interferes with the physical, emotional, social, or academic well-being of a student or of any other person.

Question 7

Target Behavior

Answer 7

Desirable behavior. What we want to replace the maladaptive behavior.

Question 8

The Dead Man’s Test

Answer 8

Used to prevent the weakening or eliminating maladaptive behavior without replacing it.
Is the target behavior something that can be observed in a dead man? If Yes-It doesn’t pass the test and can’t be used as a replacement behavior. If No- The target behavior passes and is a replacement behavior.

Question 9

Fair Pair

Answer 9

An appropriate replacement behavior should also be incompatible with, or should at least compete with, the maladaptive behavior. It is only fair to weaken a student’s maladaptive behavior if we strengthen an adaptive behavior in its place. EX: Hits peers—-Interacts with peers without hitting

Question 10

Performance Objective

Answer 10

What the student will do to demonstrate that the change has occurred. Tells us when we should terminate our intervention.