Chapter 3 Flashcards
Graph
visual representation of the occurrence of a behaviour over time
follow-up period
the long period after treatment has been implemented
abscissa
the x-axis (time)
ordinate
the y-axis (behaviour)
research design
determine whether the treatment (independent variable) was responsible for the observed change in the target behaviours (dependent variable) and to rule out other possibility that extraneous variables caused the behaviour to change
independent variable
what the researcher manipulates to produce a change in the target behaviour
dependent variable
target behaviour
extraneous variable
any event that the researcher did not plan that may have affected the behaviour (confounding variable)
functional relationship
when a researcher shows that a behaviour modification procedure causes a target behaviour to change
multiple-baseline-across-subjects design
there is a baseline and a treatment phase for the same target behaviour of two or more subjects
multiple-baseline-across-behaviours design
there is a baseline and a treatment phase for two or more behaviour of the same subject
multiple-baseline-across-settings design
there is a baseline and a treatment phase for two or more settings in which the same behaviour of the same subject is measured
alternating-treatments design (ATD)
baseline and treatment conditions (or two treatment conditions) are conducted in rapid succession and compared with each other (multi-element design)
changing-criterion design
successive goal levels for the target behaviour specify how much the target behaviour should change during treatment