Unit Three

Question 1

Aim Line

Answer 1

A line drawn on a behavior graph to depict the desired rate of pupil progress toward a terminal goal.

Question 2

Trend Line

Answer 2

Lines of “best fit” that are drawn to represent the path shown by graphed data - increasing, decreasing, or level.

Question 3

Frequency

Answer 3

The number of times a behavior occurs during an observation period.

Question 4

Duration

Answer 4

Measuring the amount of time between the initiation of a response and its conclusion; total duration recording is recording cumulative time between the initiation of a response and its final conclusion; duration per occurrence is recording each behavioral event and its duration.

Question 5

Latency

Answer 5

recording the amount of time between the presentation of the SD (discriminative stimulus) and the initiation of a response.

Question 6

Topography

Answer 6

the physical form or description of a motor behavior

Question 7

Intensity/ Force

Answer 7

a measure of behavior that involves recording both its frequency and its duration.

Question 8

Discrete Behavior

Answer 8

A behavior that has a distinct beginning and end point (hand raise)

Question 9

Continuous Behavior

Answer 9

A behavior that has no obvious starting or end point (off task)

Question 10

Interval Recording

Answer 10

an observational recording system which an observation period is divided into a number of short intervals, and the observer counts the number of intervals during which the behavior occurs rather than instances of the behavior

Question 11

Time Sampling

Answer 11

observational recording system in which behavior is observed for a limited time period (e.g. 5 min of 60-min period)

Question 12

Formative Evaluation

Answer 12

Evaluation that occurs as skills are being developed.

Question 13

Static Measures

Answer 13

Assessment that provides a report of progress at a discrete point in time (e.g. annual or semiannual reassessment)

Question 14

Independent Variables

Answer 14

The treatment or intervention under experimenter control that is being manipulated in order to change a behavior (dependent variable)

Question 15

Dependent Variable

Answer 15

the behavior that is changed be intervention, through the manipulation of an independent variable.

Question 16

Baseline Condition

Answer 16

a condition in which no treatment or intervention variables are in effect

Question 17

Intervention Condition

Answer 17

systematic involvement with a student to improve his or her performance socially, emotionally, or academically.

Question 18

Functional Relationships

Answer 18

In applied behavior analysis, demonstrated when a behavior varies systematically with the application of an intervention procedure; sometimes called a cause-and-effect relationship; change in a dependent variable due to a change in an independent variable.