Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
How proportion of observation intervals which the target behavior occurred is reported -
Correct Answer- percentage
Recording whether the target behavior is occurring at the moment each time interval ends -
Correct Answer- momentary time sampling
A line graph shows change over _____ and only shows days on which data was collected -
Correct Answer- time
THe force or intensity with which a response is emitted - Correct Answer- magnitude
In observer drift, observers are often _____ of the drift. - Correct Answer- unaware
Uses head counts to tally on-task behavior at the moment an interval ends - Correct Answer-
PLACHECK (planned activity check)
Momentary time sampling is not recommended for low-_____ or short-duration behaviors -
Correct Answer- frequency
Attaching a number representing a dimensional quality to the appropriate unit - Correct
Answer- measurement
Measuring magnitude can be responding above or _____ a certain force - Correct Answer-
below
Nia is 56 inches but her doctor records 50 inches. 50 is the _____ _____. - Correct Answer-
observed value
Number of times a response occurred out of every one hundred times the response could have
occurred - Correct Answer- percentage
, Measurement by permanent product is done by the effects on the _____. - Correct Answer-
environment
A graph based on a two -dimensional area formed by the intersection of two perpendicular
lines. - Correct Answer- line graph
Latency measures the elapsed time a(n)_____ to the corresponding response - Correct
Answer- stimulus
Over time, the observer erroneously shifted from recording every hand raise to only those
with the elbow off the desk. - Correct Answer- observer drift
PLACHECK records the behavior of _____ organisms in a larger group at the end of an
interval - Correct Answer- individual
The interval is counted if the behavior occurs at any point during the interval. - Correct
Answer- partial-interval recording
Measurement is applying _____ or qualitative labels to events, phenomena or observed
properties - Correct Answer- quantitative
The quantitative label produced by measuring an event - Correct Answer- observed value
Partial-interval recording is likely to _____ total duration - Correct Answer- overestimate
Measuring behavior after it has occurred by recording the effects on the environment -
Correct Answer- measurement by permanent product
The elapsed time between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a subsequent response -
Correct Answer- latency
Observer drift can be minimized by _____. - Correct Answer- retraining