Lesson 2 Flashcards
Definitions of Everyday Behaviors
What is the first tactic using the behavior strategy?
Behavioral Deffinition
What is a behavioral deffinition?
A statement that specifies exactly what behaviors to observe
Does behavioral deffinition include excluded behaviors?
Yes
In what two ways can you describe/ define behavioral definitions?
Clearer communication with others and consistent observations.
What type of behavioral observation is used by non-behavioral analysis?
Self-Report Behavior
What are informants?
People who report from memory their own behavior or someone else’s behavior. (Untrained observers)
Self-Report Observations rely on
Memory of behavior
Why are Self-report observations faulty>
Lack Detail, cannot be checked, often wrong. INNACURATE or of unknown accuracy.
True or False?
Behavior Analyst sometimes study self-report as a form of behavior?
True
The principle of direct observation involves the use of?
Direct Observation of behavior
Direct Observation:
The observer personally sees and immediately records
What are the two exception two direct observation?
Hearing the behavior, Physical Result (outcome recording)
With accurate data, analysis behaviorist sometimes ask people to record their own behavior using a?
behavioral deffinition (eliminates the failings of memory)
What is the difference between Self-Report and Direct Observation?
Self-Report does not use a Behavioral Deffinition, they report from memory, or when no one makes an independent report, and Direct Observation does
