Unit 9 Flashcards
Indirect Assessment (verbal report) Descriptive Assessment (naturalistic observation) Functional Analysis (experimental manipulation).
Types of Functional Assessments
Change in an independent variable (IV) produces
orderly and predictable change in a dependent
variable (DV)
Functional Relation
Direct observation
Measurement of behavior under test and control
conditions
Basic Features of FA
To test a specific hypothesis about the controlling
variables for problem behavior
Functional Analysis Methodology
Multiple tests conditions can be elevated relative
to the control
Multiple Control
Rapidly alternate between conditions
Multielement Design
One condition ran at a time
Less common because of amount of time
required
Reversal Design
Fairly common
More efficient than reversal
One test condition alternated with control
May assist in discriminability of conditions
Pairwise