Construct Relevance Notes

Question 1

What is An unobservable entity that functions as a label or as a causal entity for a constellation of behaviors or of phenomena

Explanatory mechanism

Cannot be accessed or assessed directly

Answer 1

Construct

Question 2

What describes how a construct is being measured?

Answer 2

Measurement

Question 3

Describes how a construct or a variable is being manipulated

Answer 3

Experimental

Question 4

Which behavior strategy is used to Increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring?

Answer 4

Reinforcement

Question 5

Which behavior strategy is used to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring?

Answer 5

Punishment

Question 6

Which behavior strategy refers to adding

Answer 6

Positive

Question 7

Which behavior strategy refers to taking away/removing?

Answer 7

Negative

Question 8

The addition (typically of a reward) to increase the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring

Answer 8

Positive Reinforcement

Question 9

The removal of an adverse stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring

Answer 9

Negative Reinforcement

Question 10

An addition that decreases the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring?

Answer 10

Positive Punishment

Question 11

A removal (typically of a reinforcer) that decreases the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring

Answer 11

Negative Punishment

Question 12

When there is a huge spike in identifying a specific disability, what could be three of the likely causes?

Answer 12

changes in definition and assessment (diagnostic criteria), placement and construct.

Question 13

How the examinee’s behavior differ from typical performance or from customary action is called….

Answer 13

Aberrant Behaviors

Question 14

The performance, ability etc. collected on an examinee is called….

Answer 14

Examinee’s Reflections

Question 15

The type of scores in which the number of items scored as correct (from diagnostic and prescriptive perspective, often score with the least value) are called

Answer 15

Raw Scores

Question 16

T/F: Raw scores are the most valuable and simplest to interpret.

Answer 16

False, it is often score with the least value and difficult to interpret.
For example, the examinee spelled 25 words correctly…without descriptions of the examinee, the task, and typical patterns of performance difficult to interpret

Question 17

Scores based on performance relative to the reference group-– the standardization population

Answer 17

Standardized Scores

Question 18

Collection of objects that share a set of attributes is called….

Answer 18

A population

Question 19

Collection of individuals that share a set of attributes or a set of characteristics

Answer 19

Standardization population

Question 20

The most common approach for comparing scores with the standardization population is the ________ score.

Answer 20

Standard

Question 21

Epidemic means

Answer 21

something is causing it For example, for autism is was an operational definition, not an epidemic.

Question 22

T/F Autism is positively correlated with EARLY screen exposure.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T/F SPED services are based upon needs not disability.

Answer 23

True, never provide services based upon disability, always on needs

Question 24

T/F SPED services are based upon needs not disability.

Answer 24

True, never provide services based upon disability, always on needs

Question 25

T/F the normal distribution was formed by Intelligence.

Answer 25

True intelligence formed normal distribution.

Question 26

T/F A large debat in the definition of Intelligence involves recall vs. problem solve.

Answer 26

True, the debate is over recall vs. problem solving. I think it’s a balance of the two!