Unit 7 Flashcards
A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client’s natural environment.
ABC recording
The extent to which the observed values - the data produced by measuring an event - match the true state, or true values, of the event as it exists in nature.
Accuracy
A form of evaluation that involves a full range of inquiry methods to identify problematic antecedent and consequent controlling variables.
Behavioral assessment
Any procedure used to evaluate the accuracy of a measurement system and, when sources of error are found, to use that information to correct or improve the measurement system.
Calibration
Measurement conducted in a manner such that all instances of the response class(es) of interest are detected during the observation period.
Continuous measurement
Direct observation of problem behavior and the antecedent and consequent events under naturally occurring conditions.
Descriptive functional behavior assessment
Behavioral evaluation involving direct observation and recording of the behavior as it occurs.
Direct assessment
An assessment protocol that acknowledges complex interrelationships between environment and behavior.
Ecological assessment
A dimension of ABA that means that the behaviors changed improve to produce practical results for the client.
Effective
The percentage of total intervals in which two observers recorded the same count.
Exact count-per-interval IOA
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship between the environmental events and the behavior.
Functional analysis
A systemic method of assessment for obtaining information about the purposes a problem behavior serves for a person.
Functional behavior assessment
Assessment of skills in the natural environment without the person’s knowledge that assessment is taking place.
In situ assessment
Assessment that relies on information from others.
Indirect assessment
Structured interviews, checklists, rating scales, or questionnaires used to obtain information from people who are familiar with the person exhibiting the problem behavior.
Indirect functional assessment
Occurs when two observers independently observe and record a person’s behavior at the same time and agree on the occurrence of the behavior.
Interobserver agreement
An observer who is unaware of the study’s purpose and/or the experimental conditions in effect during a given phase or observation periods.
Naive observer
A measure produced by an observation and measurement system.
Observed value
Any unintended change in the way an observer uses a measurement system over the course of an investigation that results in measurement error.
Observer drift
An assessment in which two potential reinforcers are presented to an individual, and the researcher records which stimulus the individual approaches.
Paired stimulus assessment
A process of identifying reinforcers for an individual that involves presenting potential reinforcers and measuring whether the individual approaches, manipulates, or consumes the item.
Preference assessment
A process in which an item from a preference assessment is delivered contingent on a behavior to see if the behavior increases.
Reinforcer assessment
Refers to the consistency of measurement; specifically, the extent to which repeated measurements of the same event yields the same values.
Reliability
A measure accepted as a quantitative description of the naturally-occurring state of some dimensional quality of an event.
True value
The extent to which data obtained from measurement are directly relevant to the target behavior of interest and to the reason(s) for measuring it.
Validity
