Lesson 3

Question 1

What is the second tactic of using Behavioral Strategy?

Answer 1

Direct Observation to gather information on the behavior.

Question 2

When would a behavior analyst use a outcome or event recording?

Answer 2

Outcome: Behavior produces a unique result
Event: Behavior does not produce a unique result (Usually Uniform)

Question 3

How can you be sure that observers are using outcome recording?

Answer 3

If hey observe after the response.

Question 4

True or False?

Observers can use outcome recording to observe a variety of behaviors?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What would you use to observe a complex behavior?

Answer 5

Outcome recording

Question 6

Looking for a result of a behavior is known as?

Answer 6

Outcome recording

Question 7

When is a behavior uniform?

Answer 7

When each instance of the behavior takes about the same length of time as every other instant. (ex. stuttering)

Question 8

What will happen if you count nonuniform behaviors in an event recording design?

Answer 8

You will produce meaningless data.

Question 9

What is the problem with nonuniform behavior?

Answer 9

Each response can take very different amounts of time,

Question 10

How do behavior analyst use/ observe nonuniform time ?

Answer 10

By dividing time into short intervals

Question 11

Interval Recording:

Answer 11

Record a response if the behavior occurs in one of a series of continuous intervals (Continuous being, that each additional interval starts right after the end of the prior interval) Observers looks continuously NONUNIFORM

Question 12

What are the three aspects of using interval recording?

Answer 12

1) Use interval recording to observe nonuniform behavioral episodes
2) Divide the overall observational period into continuous intervals that follow after another (Remember; recording a response does not indicate whether the response covered the entire interval or only a moment of it)
3) The overall record indicates the amour of time the behavior occurred.

Question 13

What classifies a interval recording?

Answer 13

intervals that are continuous.

Question 14

Time Sample

Answer 14

record of a response if one behavior occurs within one of a series of discontinuous intervals. (Ex. toms peculiar habit of reading while watching TV)

Question 15

How do you tell the difference between Time Sample and Interval Recording?

Answer 15

Interval Recording: Continuous

Time Sample: Discontinuous

Question 16

What are two variations of time sample?

Answer 16

1) Observing multiple people one after the other. (Ex. Teacher watching jonny for 20 secs to see if he’s studying then tim for 20 secs the back to jonny causing a break in the continuous cycle)
2) Randomly observing one behavior during randomly selected observation periods.