Unit 1 (video 3) ASRs Flashcards
What are types of problems with behavior?
Skill deficits. problems with performance, behavioral excess. - Skill deficits, problems with performance, and behavioral excess are all objective behaviors that can be observed and measured, whereas incompatible personality traits and lacking a personal agency are subjective and cannot be observed and measured.
“Can’t do” problem = _______
“Won’t do” problem = ________
Skill deficit; performance problem. - A skill deficit is a problem with behavior because they cannot do the behavior, either that they cannot do the skill at all, they do the skill but cannot do it independently, or they do the skill but cannot initiate engaging in the skill. A performance problem on the other hand is a problem with behavior because they CAN perform the behavior, but just will not do it well enough, to the point of fluency, or not frequently enough.
An employee is training to assemble pizza boxes for delivery. They assemble 50 boxes in the allotted time each morning but need to assemble 300. This is an example of which problem with behavior?
Performance problem. - A skill deficit is a problem with behavior because they cannot do the behavior, either that they cannot do the skill at all, they do the skill but cannot do it independently, or they do the skill but cannot initiate engaging in the skill. A performance problem on the other hand is a problem with behavior because they CAN perform the behavior, but just will not do it well enough, to the point of fluency, or not frequently enough. In this example, the employee can do the behavior of assembling boxes but just does not do it with fluency.
What would be an example of a problem with stimulus control?
A student writes their name clearly, but writes on the wall. - A student who writes their name clearly but writes on the wall is a stimulus control issue because they are engaging in the behavior of clearly writing but doing it at the wrong place—the wall when they should be doing it on a piece of paper for example. Other problems include skill deficits where they cannot do the behavior at all, performance problems where they can do it but will not do it regularly, problems with generality where they engage in the behavior but only under limited circumstances, etc.
What would be an example of a problem with generality?
a student writes their name clearly, but only at home. - A student who writes their name clearly but only at home is a problem with generality because they are engaging in the behavior of clearly writing but doing it only under limited circumstances—only writing their name at home when they should be able to write it in any setting. Other problems include skill deficits where they cannot do the behavior at all, performance problems where they can do it but will not do it regularly, problems with stimulus control where they engage in the behavior but at the wrong time or place, etc.
A student requests attention appropriately at home, but does not do so at school. This could be best conceptualized as a(n):
Problem with generality. - If requesting attention appropriately is the target skill, then a student who does this at home appropriately but does not do so at school is having a problem with generality because they are engaging in the behavior but only under limited circumstances—they appropriately request at home but should also be doing it at school. This is not a problem with stimulus control because there is no indication that the student is engaging in appropriate requesting at the wrong time or place. This is not a behavior excess because there is no indication that the student is requesting appropriately too much—they should be engaging in it more in the school setting.
Which would be the best example of a behavioral excess?
A student asks for help during each problem they attempt to complete. - The student asking for help during each problem they attempt to complete is a behavior excess problem—they are asking for help too often. A technician taking too long to enter data would be considered a performance problem and a student only completing a question when working with a specific teacher would be considered a problem with generality.
