Test 4 Flashcards
What is behaviour?
what humans do, it involves activity. Some of the activity is public some private.
What is meant by representation?
representation of thinking - writing/speaking
What are constructs?
categories that are composed
What is a sample?
bx is usually a sample of a larger class of functionally similar behaviour.
What is meant by functional similarity?
has the same function
What is meant by topographical similarity?
looks similar
What is meant by social significance?
is important to society
What is meant by social validation?
technical process. judgement about the importance of the behaviour by the social communities that are more knowledgable or affected by it.
What are social comparisons?
comparisons are drawn between the bx of target individuals and levels of that bx sample from larger groups.
eg teaching kids to the normal levels/ts example
What are surveys of social opinion?
survey the average opinion on a bx.
What is clinical significance?
cs bx is one that deviates from established normative levels and results in some form of impairment
ss/ss
What is meant by organizational significance?
how group/ind behaviour plays in the health and well being of organizations
What is meant by personal significance?
how they matter to the individual
What are the four considerations in the selection of behaviour for an assessment?
- social significance
- clinical significance
- organizational significance
- personal significance
What is latency?
time based. time elapsed from the onset of an event and the emission of a response.
What is duration
length of time a response continues
What is countability?
repetition throughout time. counting the instances of responses.
often used with a temporal dimension.
What is frequency?
total instance of the behaviour
What is rate?
count divided by unit of time
How is count different that frequency/rate
.f equals total, vs rate is total divided by a time unit
What is IRT time?
inter response time. interval btwn responses
-eg record urine accidents at night
What is interval recording
instances of target behaviour are observed within an established block of time . the block is divided into short intervals. ind are observed for the entire time and recorded if the bx did or did not occur.
What are behaviour products?
are a sign of the bx that produced them and observable by other people
e.g hair pulling (bx) bald spot (products)
What are two conditions that define a behavioural product?
- products are functionally related to the bx that. produced them
- the bxs of which the products are a sign are observable by other people.
What are behavioural rating scales?
measurement scares. two types
1-collect direct observations
2-collect indirect and direct observations usually distal.
How are behavioural rating scales utilized direct measures?
.primary measure - measure bx directly with a time series
can be used for repeated measures
-tast analysis
multiple behaviours (incident reports)
How are behavioural rating scales utilized as supplemental measures?
.supplemental
- often nomothetic instruments with well established psychometrics
- scores are uses to indicate an unobservable condition (e.g depression).
- cant. be used with repeated measures.
What is meant by self report?
.person asked to record their own feelings/behaviour etc.
-validity is suspect
What are the major drawbacks in utilizing self reports?
.validity cannot be established biases with reporter
reliability
reactive (being watched)
What are some potential advantages of using self report measures?
.accessibility - cant observe by other people
e.g. pain can tell us where.
private events
eg anxiety or depression
characteristics
1-repeated administrations
2-should provide info about the target bus
3-should be sensitive enough to detect minor changes in bx
4-protect against biases
5-meet min standards for reliability and validity
What are physiological measures used to support observable behaviour?
Support observations of observable behaviors
Support observations of behaviors not readily observable
.most common EEG,EMG,EDA, HR
e.g biofeedback
.
How are physiological measures used to support measures of behaviour that are not readily observable?
can help diagnose, inform/enhance treatment, and yield data on outcomes
What is a contrived setting?
deliberately modifying the setting
What is a naturalistic setting?
using the natural setting
What is meant by continuum of contrivance?
Minimum – in naturalistic setting
Moderate – in naturalistic, observational methods contrived
Major – contrived settings, contrived observational
Maximal – contrived settings, contrived observational that are unique to the assessment
What is the major advantage of minimally contrived methods?
.less influence on subjects behaviour. max sample of natural bx
What is the major disadvantage of minimally contrived methods?
reduction of control .
e.g. not safe for observing dangerous behaviours ie pica/aggression