Unit 3 Quiz

Question 1

A parent records how loudly her child screams. The parent is recording the ____________ of the screams.

Answer 1

Intensity

Question 2

A procedure that can be used to measure a continuous behavior, such as academic engagement, is _____________________.

Answer 2

Whole interval recording

Question 3

A teacher is interested in measuring the engagement of groups of students at certain times of the day. An appropriate measurement procedure for this would be:

Answer 3

Planned activity check

Question 4

A topographical definition classifies behaviors in terms of their common effects on the environment.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

A track coach records the amount of time it takes a sprinter to start running once the gun has been sounded. The coach is recording the dimension of ____________.

Answer 5

Latency

Question 6

All of the following are measurable dimensional quantities except:
A. Repeatability
B. Temporal extent
C. Temporal locus
D. Topography

Answer 6

Topography

Question 7

If an observation period is divided into a number of time periods and the behavior is recorded only during part of each interval, it is called _____________ recording.

Answer 7

Time sample

Question 8

If you are interested in the amount of time it takes a student to begin a task after the teacher has given an instruction, you would measure _________________.

Answer 8

Response latency

Question 9

In behavior modification, measurement of the target behavior is called:

Answer 9

Behavioral assessment

Question 10

In behavior modification, the main way to document behavior change is through the use of a(n):

Answer 10

Graph

Question 11

One can measure the elapsed time between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a subsequent response. For example, if you are interested in amount of time it takes a student to begin a task after the teacher has given an instruction, you would measure response ______.

Answer 11

Latency

Question 12

Permanent product measurement may be more accurate, complete, and continuous for all of the following reasons except:

a. The observer can take their time.
b. The behavior definitions are more precise.
c. The observer can review the product more than once.
d. Measurement can be conducted when there are no distractions.

Answer 12

The behavior definitions are more precise

Question 13

The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response class is called response latency.

Answer 13

False, inter-response time

Question 14

The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response class is the ______ time.

Answer 14

Inter-response

Question 15

The force or intensity of a behavioral response is called:

Answer 15

Magnitude

Question 16

The number of response opportunities needed to achieve a predetermined level of performance is called trials-to-criterion.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The procedure of observing and recording behavior during intervals or at specific moments in time is called ___________.

Answer 17

Time sampling

Question 18

Which of the following can be used as a recording instrument?
A. paper and pencil
B. golf stroke counter
C. stopwatch
D. All the above

Answer 18

all the above

Question 19

Which of the following is not used in indirect assessment?
A. interview
B. questionnaires
C. direct observation
D. rating scales

Answer 19

C. direct observation

Question 20

_________________ measurement facilitates data collection for interobserver agreement and treatment integrity.

Answer 20

Direct observation