PSY7712 quiz 5 Study Guide Questions
and All Correct Answers.
Knowledge of the function(s) of the challenging behavior is valuable because
____________________.
a. it allows one to punish those behaviors
b. it allows one to use default technologies
c. it allows one to design behavior intervention plans that are based on the reason why the
behavior occurs in the individual's everyday life.
d. it allows one to win court cases - Answer c. it allows one to design behavior intervention
plans that are based on the reason why the behavior occurs in the individual's everyday life.
A major disadvantage of indirect assessments is that ____________________.
a. it can be administered easily
b. it has inconsistent reliability.
c. it offers only one type of tool
d. it can exemplify the scientific rigor of description - Answer b. it has inconsistent reliability.
Many types of descriptive assessments exist but the most commonly used is
_______________________.
a. brief functional analysis
b. trial-based functional analysis
c. IISCA open-ended interview
d. ABC recording - Answer d. ABC recording
The largest potential disadvantage of descriptive assessments is:
a. Relations between behavior and environment demonstrate only correlation and may not
actually reveal the function(s) of behavior.
b. Relations between behavior and enviornment demonstrate causal relations.
c. Observations are not conducted.
d. All of the answers are correct. - Answer a. Relations between behavior and environment
demonstrate only correlation and may not actually reveal the function(s) of behavior.
Which of the following is an experimental analysis?
a. Brief functional analysis.
b. IISCA.
and All Correct Answers.
Knowledge of the function(s) of the challenging behavior is valuable because
____________________.
a. it allows one to punish those behaviors
b. it allows one to use default technologies
c. it allows one to design behavior intervention plans that are based on the reason why the
behavior occurs in the individual's everyday life.
d. it allows one to win court cases - Answer c. it allows one to design behavior intervention
plans that are based on the reason why the behavior occurs in the individual's everyday life.
A major disadvantage of indirect assessments is that ____________________.
a. it can be administered easily
b. it has inconsistent reliability.
c. it offers only one type of tool
d. it can exemplify the scientific rigor of description - Answer b. it has inconsistent reliability.
Many types of descriptive assessments exist but the most commonly used is
_______________________.
a. brief functional analysis
b. trial-based functional analysis
c. IISCA open-ended interview
d. ABC recording - Answer d. ABC recording
The largest potential disadvantage of descriptive assessments is:
a. Relations between behavior and environment demonstrate only correlation and may not
actually reveal the function(s) of behavior.
b. Relations between behavior and enviornment demonstrate causal relations.
c. Observations are not conducted.
d. All of the answers are correct. - Answer a. Relations between behavior and environment
demonstrate only correlation and may not actually reveal the function(s) of behavior.
Which of the following is an experimental analysis?
a. Brief functional analysis.
b. IISCA.
