Unit 1 Study Guide

Question 1

What is behavior?

Answer 1

What a person says or does; involves a person’s actions

Question 2

What is target behavior?

Answer 2

The behavior to modify

Question 3

What is reactivity

Answer 3

When the process of recording bhv causes the bhv to change (before treatment)

Question 4

What is bhv excess/ deficit?

Answer 4

Bhv excess: undesirable target bhv that is wanted to be decreased

Bhv deficit: desirable target bhv that the person wants to increase

Question 5

What is the dead person’s test?

Answer 5

“If a dead person can do it, it isn’t bhv”

Study actionable, observable, and measurable bhv

Question 6

Dimensions of bhv: duration

Answer 6

Total amount of time occupied by the behavior from start to finish (onset and offset)

Question 7

Dimensions of bhv: Frequency

Answer 7

of times the bhv occurs in an observation period

Question 8

Dimensions of bhv: Intensity

Answer 8

The amount of force, nrg, or exertion involved in the bhv

Question 9

Dimensions of bhv: latency

Answer 9

The time from some stimulus to the onset of the bhv

(How long does it take for the bhv to start?)

Question 10

Research Designs: ABAB

Answer 10

(Reversal design) consists of baseline and treatment phases

Question 11

Research Designs: Changing Criterion Design

Answer 11

-includes baseline & treatment phases
-functional relationship is demonstrated when bhv matches goals
- “does the subject change each time the goal level changes?”

Question 12

Extraneous Variable

Answer 12

Variable not planned that could affect bhv

Question 13

Dependent variable

Answer 13

The target bhv
-impacted by the IV
-y axis

Question 14

Independent Variable

Answer 14

What the researchers manipulates to produce a change in target bhv

-environmental intervention
-x axis

Question 15

Multiple Baseline: across-subjects

Answer 15

Baseline and treatment for the same bhv of 2+ subjects

Question 16

Multiple Baseline: across-behavior

Answer 16

Baseline and treatment phase for 2+ bhv’s of the same subject

Question 17

Multiple Baseline: across-settings

Answer 17

Baseline and treatment phase for 2+ settings in which the same bhv of the same subject is measured

Question 18

Direct Assessment

Answer 18

A person records and observes the target bhv as it occurs

Question 19

Indirect Assessment

Answer 19

Involves using interviews, questionnaires, and rating scales to obtain info on target bhv

Question 20

Covert bhv

Answer 20

Private events; not observable by others

Ex: thoughts and emotions

Question 21

Overt Bhv

Answer 21

An action that can be observed and recorded by someone else other than the person engaging in bhv

Question 22

Time sample recording

Answer 22

Observation periods are divided into intervals but only record/observe during only part of each interval

I.e. separated by periods of observation

Question 23

Interval recording

Answer 23

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”

Question 24

Continuous recording

Answer 24

Observing is done continuously throughout the observation period. Each occurrence of the bhv is recorded.

Question 25

Product recording

Answer 25

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

Question 26

IOA : Total agreement

Answer 26

Agreement between observers/ number of observation periods

Question 27

IOA: Occurrence

Answer 27

Agreement of occurence / total times of occurrence

Question 28

IOA: Non-occurrence

Answer 28

Agreement/ total times of non occurrence