Unit 8 T

Question 1

Prior to initiating a formal functional assessment, the behavior analyst must perform a……, Which poses the first ethical challenge to the practitioner in…

X = screening Y equals determining if the behavior is subject to change

X =diagnosis Y =determining if the behavior is subject to change

X equals diagnosis Y equals having to identify psychological factors underlying the behavior

X equals screening Y equals deciding to accept the case or reject it

Answer 1

4

Question 2

Indirect functional assessment methods include:

X = records review

Y = direct interviews with the consumer

Z = Narrative recordings

Answer 2

X and Y only

Question 3

This functional assessment method is based entirely on observation, and at best lead to a working but tentative hypothesis regarding functional relations.

1. Descriptive assessment

2 structured assessment

3 indirect assessment

4. functional analysis

Answer 3

1. Descriptive assessment

Question 4

Descriptive assessments are…… In nature: functional analysis is…… In nature?

X = active and experimental Y = purely observational

X = observational Y = active and experimental

X = 2 simulated Y = scientifically correlational

Answer 4

2. Observational, active and experimental

Question 5

Which type of direct descriptive assessment method would be the most likely to provide the most details about idiosyncratic antecedents, which lead to problem behavior?

Narrative recording

Scatterplot

ABC recording

Functional analysis

Answer 5

ABC recording