Unit 6 Flashcards
A comprehensive assessment for assessing the function of behavior disorders was developed:
After early empirical demonstrations of control by single environmental contingencies
Large scale studies on self-injurious behavior reveal that:
The common functions account for more than 80% of instances
Why may a pairwise functional analysis be effective in identifying behavioral function when other standard functional analysis arrangements result in undifferentiated responding?
Promotes discrimination among conditions
According to Fisher and colleagues (1992), which preference assessment method resulted in greater differentiation among stimuli and better predicted relative reinforcer efficacy?
Paired-stimulus preference assessment
Attention condition
- Antecedent: No attention
* Consequence: Attention
Escape (demand) condition
- Antecedent: Academic demands
* Consequence: Termination of demand
Alone condition
- Antecedent: Impoverished environment
* Consequence: Non-social
the use of functional analysis has led to the following changes in the approach to the treatment of problem bx
a proportional increase in the prevalence of reinforcement based over punishment based studies
in a particular functional analysis condition, the therapist and subject enter a room together where a variety of moderately preferred toys are available. the therapist quiety reads a magazine and ignores the subject. contingent upon problem behavior, the therapist provides brief attention in the form of a concerned statement. this condition is designed…
to test whether prob bx is maintained by positive reinforcement in the form of access to adult attention
what is a specific way in which the control condition can be modified in order to clarify functional analysis results..
provide continuous attention
how or why may experimental functional analyses be limited
potential for iatrogenic effects – that is results can be due to the process itself
results of the 1990 Iwata, et. al., study evaluating the the SIT scale suggest that…
most individuals were judged to be of low or moderate risk
response rates relative to baseline and response allocation are typical dependent variables for….
reinforcer assessments
what is the selection based preference assessment that may be most sensitive to relative preferences and thus may be useful if you want a larger selection of predicted reinforcers…
paired choice
results of Roscoe, Iwata, and Kahng (1999) comparing high preference and low preference stimuli under concurrent schedules and single operant arrangements suggested…
the low preference stimulus was effective as a reinforcer under the single operant schedule, but was ineffective under the concurrent arrangement.
goals of functional analysis
id the variables of which bx is a function
focus of functional analysis -
- description of the problem bx
- id of the antecedent variables that evoke problem bx
- id of the consequent variables that maintain problem bx
common functions of bx
- neg reinforcement in the form of termination of demands
- pos reinforcement in the form of attention
- pos reinforcement in the form of access to tangibles
- automatic reinforcement in the form of sensory stimulation.
functional analysis methodology
- manipulations of motivating operations across conditions (carr, 1997)
- manipulation of both antecedents and consequences across phases (Iwata, 1982)
experimental design commonly used during a functional analysis
mulit-element design
typical functional analysis conditions
- attention
- escape (demand)
- alone
- control (toy play)
alone (toy play) condition
- antecedent: enriched environment, no demands
- consequence: no programmed consequences