Temporal Locus

Question 1

What is temporal locus?

Answer 1

Temporal locus refers to (a) When a behavior occurs with respect
to other events of interest
(b) The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive
instances of a response class.

Question 2

What is latency?

Answer 2

Latency is a measure of the elapsed time between the onset of
a stimulus and a subsequent response

Question 3

How is latency typically reported?

Answer 3

The mean, median, and range of individual latency measures
per observation period.

Question 4

When is latency an appropriate measure?

Answer 4

Latency is an appropriate
measure when the applied behavior analyst is interested in how
much time occurs between the opportunities to emit a behavior and when the subject initiates the target behavior.

Question 5

What is a post-reinforcement pause?

Answer 5

A PRP is an absence of responding for a period
following reinforcement.

Question 6

What is interresponse time?

Answer 6

Interresponse time (IRT) is a measure of the amount of time that
elapses between two consecutive instances of a behavior

Question 7

What is IRT functionally related to?

Answer 7

IRT is functionally related to rate of response.

Question 8

How is IRT functionally related to rate of response?

Answer 8

Shorter IRTs coexist with
higher rates of response, and longer IRTs occur within lower
response rates.

Question 9

When is IRT important?

Answer 9

Applied behavior analysts measure IRT when the time between instances of a response class is important.

Question 10

For which interventions is IRT useful?

Answer 10

IRT provides a basic measure for implementing and evaluating interventions to increase (DRH) or decrease (DRL) rates of responding.