Unit 1 Study Guide Flashcards
What is behavior?
What a person says or does; involves a person’s actions
What is target behavior?
The behavior to modify
What is reactivity
When the process of recording bhv causes the bhv to change (before treatment)
What is bhv excess/ deficit?
Bhv excess: undesirable target bhv that is wanted to be decreased
Bhv deficit: desirable target bhv that the person wants to increase
What is the dead person’s test?
“If a dead person can do it, it isn’t bhv”
Study actionable, observable, and measurable bhv
Dimensions of bhv: duration
Total amount of time occupied by the behavior from start to finish (onset and offset)
Dimensions of bhv: Frequency
of times the bhv occurs in an observation period
Dimensions of bhv: Intensity
The amount of force, nrg, or exertion involved in the bhv
Dimensions of bhv: latency
The time from some stimulus to the onset of the bhv
(How long does it take for the bhv to start?)
Research Designs: ABAB
(Reversal design) consists of baseline and treatment phases
Research Designs: Changing Criterion Design
-includes baseline & treatment phases
-functional relationship is demonstrated when bhv matches goals
- “does the subject change each time the goal level changes?”
Extraneous Variable
Variable not planned that could affect bhv
Dependent variable
The target bhv
-impacted by the IV
-y axis
Independent Variable
What the researchers manipulates to produce a change in target bhv
-environmental intervention
-x axis
Multiple Baseline: across-subjects
Baseline and treatment for the same bhv of 2+ subjects
Multiple Baseline: across-behavior
Baseline and treatment phase for 2+ bhv’s of the same subject
Multiple Baseline: across-settings
Baseline and treatment phase for 2+ settings in which the same bhv of the same subject is measured
Direct Assessment
A person records and observes the target bhv as it occurs
Indirect Assessment
Involves using interviews, questionnaires, and rating scales to obtain info on target bhv
Covert bhv
Private events; not observable by others
Ex: thoughts and emotions
Overt Bhv
An action that can be observed and recorded by someone else other than the person engaging in bhv
Time sample recording
Observation periods are divided into intervals but only record/observe during only part of each interval
I.e. separated by periods of observation
Interval recording
Observation periods are divided into smaller intervals and it is recorded whether bhv occurred
” you are only interested in whether the bhv occurred during said interval or not”
Continuous recording
Observing is done continuously throughout the observation period. Each occurrence of the bhv is recorded.
Product recording
Indirect assessment. Used when a bhv results in a certain tangible outcome
Ex: teacher recording # of correct hw problems as a measure of student performance
IOA : Total agreement
Agreement between observers/ number of observation periods
IOA: Occurrence
Agreement of occurence / total times of occurrence
IOA: Non-occurrence
Agreement/ total times of non occurrence
