Indirect Assessment

Question 1

Define indirect assessment.

Answer 1

Data obtained from recollections, reconstructions, and/or subjective,
ordinal-scale ratings of events.

Question 2

What are the two types of indirect assessments?

Answer 2

Open-ended and close-ended.

Question 3

What do open-ended indirect assessments do?

Answer 3

Open-ended indirect assessments encourage the informant to comment freely.

Question 4

What do close-ended indirect assessments do?

Answer 4

Require the informant to use a Likert scale to rate a series of questions, with a total summary score being generated that provides direction on possible variables controlling the behavior. (5= frequently… 1 = rarely)

Question 5

What types of questions do BA’s rely on in a behavioral interview?

Answer 5

Behavior analysts rely primarily on what
and when questions, which tend to focus on the environmental conditions that exist before, during, and after a behavioral
episode.

Question 6

What does behavioral interview enable?

Answer 6

Identifies environmental events that correlate with behavior leading to hypothesis generation of the controlling function.

Question 7

What does hypothesis generation lead to?

Answer 7

Experimental manipulation and the discovery of functional relations.

Question 8

Who are significant others?

Answer 8

Parents, teachers, and coworkers.

Question 9

What significant others often do in interviews?

Answer 9

Do not identify specific behaviors to change and often imply causal factors thought to be intrinsic to the client.

Question 10

What is a behavioral checklist?

Answer 10

A behavior checklist provides a description of specific behaviors and the conditions under which each behavior occurs. (ex: toothbrushing, social skills) or FACTS