test 2

Question 1

Departure from normative functioning, impaired daily functioning, danger of behavior, illegal or rule-breaking behavior, behavior concerning to self or others, behaviors that prevent problems or promote high functioning are common criteria for identifying _________?

Answer 1

Goals of Interventions

Question 2

Picking a goal matters because it allows one to decide the entire course of treatment, like______.

Answer 2

reinforcing or punishing, shaping or stopping

Question 3

_______ is defining a concept not the basis of the operations used for assessment.

Answer 3

Operational

Question 4

_______ is important because it allows advances, replication of findings, and knowledge-building.

Answer 4

Operational Definition

Question 5

_______ offers specific needed behaviors for assessing and intervening, while task analysis helps to identify specific needed behaviors and the sequence.

Answer 5

Direct Obervations

Question 6

Frequency measures, discrete categorization, interval recording, duration, latency, intensity, number of people who perform the behavior, and other strategies are all part of________.

Answer 6

the 8 core strategies of assessment

Question 7

___________ counts occurrence.

Answer 7

Frequency Measures

Question 8

__________ is a list of responses scored as responding or not.

Answer 8

Discrete Categorization

Question 9

__________ is a block of time delineated for observations.

Answer 9

Interval recording

Question 10

_______ is the length of response.

Answer 10

Durations

Question 11

______ is the force of response.

Answer 11

Intensity

Question 12

________ is specific measures such as calories for dieting, biometric measures, self and other reports.

Answer 12

Other strategies for assessment

Question 13

_________ is a way of establishing reliability.

Answer 13

Inter-observer agreement.

Question 14

_______ argument about the role of reports is that ______ may be the only accessible method of assessment and can compliment other measures. It is also good for determining how a client feels about the treatment and about themselves. Other reports offer different perspectives and often initially spot an issue.

Answer 14

Karzdin’s, Self reports

Question 15

Number of time daily/weekly, length of time observed, when observed, and who observes are practical decisions about ________.

Answer 15

assessing and sampling behavior

Question 16

_________ and ________ is related to behavioral variations and determines effectiveness.

Answer 16

Number of times daily/weekly, length of time observed

Question 17

_________ is determined by deciding which periods the behaviors occur most frequently.

Answer 17

When observed

Question 18

______ is consistency

Answer 18

Who observes

Question 19

What are the two themes Karzdin emphasizes.

Answer 19

Flexibility and Rigor

Question 20

In situations where direct observation would be dangerous and foolish, such as abduction awareness, gun safety, swimming (avoiding drowning), and provides information difficult to obtain in a natural setting is when a _________ should occur instead of a direct observation.

Answer 20

Contrived task

Question 21

What are to themes kazdin emphasized?

Answer 21

Flexibility and Rigor

Question 22

Measurements procedures in which the client or person being observed is aware that his or her behavior is being measured.

Answer 22

obtrusive assessment

Question 23

_____________ agreement is important for consistency, shows biases, and shows if the behavior is well defined.

Answer 23

Interobserver

Question 24

____________ occurs when observed drifts from definition of behavior and can be checked by watching inter-observer agreement

Answer 24

observer drift

Question 25

what percent of agreement level is considered acceptable?

Answer 25

80-100%

Question 26

Impact of intervention, multifaceted issues, multiple perspective, and more information make ______________ more important.

Answer 26

repeated and multiple measures

Question 27

______________ supplement pre/post intervention assessments by adding additional information related to the intervention and gage effectiveness in areas within and without target behavior

Answer 27

periodic probes

Question 28

Continuous assessment, Baseline assessment,Stability of performance, and Variability are the 4 characteristics of _________________

Answer 28

single case design

Question 29

______________ is repeated observations

Answer 29

Continuous assessment

Question 30

_______________ is level of occurrence before intervention

Answer 30

Baseline assessment

Question 31

______________ are trends in behavior

Answer 31

Stability of performance

Question 32

_______________ is fluctuation in trends in data

Answer 32

Variability

Question 33

A single case is any case geared towards _____________ use.

Answer 33

individual

Question 34

How is stability established during baseline phase?

Answer 34

There won’t be any trends or slopes

Question 35

______________ is the consistent increase or decrease tendencies in data

Answer 35

trend and slope

Question 36

What are the 2 functions of baseline assessment?

Answer 36

Description and prediction

Question 37

_____________ are isolated treatment effects

Answer 37

Strengths

Question 38

____________ reverts behavior to prove treatment, which an be dangerous, unethical or undesirable.

Answer 38

Limitations

Question 39

____________ demonstrates intervention effects, worlds well with multiple targets, ethical, allows modification.

Answer 39

Strength

Question 40

______________ can be vague without enough baselines to determine a pattern intervention spreads to other individuals, and there is a possibility of generalization.

Answer 40

Limitations

Question 41

_______________ are popular with clinicians because they are ethical and allow modification.

Answer 41

Multiple baseline design

Question 42

________________ allow baselines across behavior individual, situation, and time targets.

Answer 42

variation multiple baseline design

Question 43

What is unique about changing criterion design?

Answer 43

It uses subphrases that are the same intervention with different reinforcement/punishment criterion.