SOLVED MATERIAL
◉ prioritizing behaviors. Answer: target post danger to client or
others, how often does problem occur, how long-standing is the
problem, will changing this behavior produce higher rates of
reinforcement, relative importance of this target behavior to future
development & independent functioning, reduce negative or
unwanted attention from others, new behavior produce
reinforcement for significant others, how likely is success, how much
will it cost
◉ function-based definition. Answer: definition of responses as
members of the targeted response class solely by their common
effect on the environment; encompasses all relevant forms of the
response class
◉ topography-based definition. Answer: definition of behavior that
identifies instances of the target behavior by the shape or form of
the behavior; used when there is no direct, reliable, or easy access to
functional outcome and/or cannot rely on function of behavior
◉ target behavior definitions. Answer: objective, observable,
readable, unambiguous, complete (examples & non-examples)
,◉ social validity. Answer: refers to the extent to which target
behaviors are appropriate, intervention procedures are acceptable,
and important and significant changes in target and collateral
behaviors are produced
◉ repeatability. Answer: instances of a response class can occur
repeatedly through time
◉ temporal extent. Answer: every instance of behavior occurs
during some amount of time
◉ temporal locus. Answer: every instance of behavior occurs at a
certain point in time with respect to other events
◉ count. Answer: simple tally of the number of occurrences of a
behavior
◉ rate. Answer: number of responses per unit of time
◉ free operant. Answer: behaviors that have discrete beginning and
ending points, require minimal displacement of the organism in time
and space, can be emitted at nearly any time, do not require much
time for completio, and can be emitted over a wide range of
response rates; useful measure is rate of response
,◉ celeration. Answer: a measure of how rates of response change
over time
◉ discrete trials. Answer: given opportunity to emit a response
◉ celeration time period. Answer: 1/20th of the horizontal axis of all
Standard Celeration Charts
◉ duration. Answer: the amount of time in which behavior occurs;
basic measure of temporal extent; appropriate measure for
behaviors occurring at very high rates or task-oriented continuous
behaviors that occur for an extended time
◉ total duration. Answer: a measure of the cumulative amount of
time in which a person engages in the target behavior
◉ duration per occurrence. Answer: a measure of the duration of
time that each instance of the target behavior occurs
◉ latency. Answer: a measure of the elapsed time between the onset
of a stimulus and the initiation of a subsequent response
◉ interresponse time. Answer: amount of time that elapses between
two consecutive instances of a response class
, ◉ percentage. Answer: ratio formed by combining the same
dimensional quantities
◉ trials-to-criterion. Answer: a measure of the number of response
opportunities needed to achieve a predetermined level of
performance
◉ topography. Answer: physical form or shape of a behavior; a
measurable and malleable dimension of behavior
◉ magnitude. Answer: the force or intensity with which a response
is emitted
◉ event recording. Answer: a wide variety of procedures for
detecting and recording the number of times a behavior of interest
occurs
◉ time sampling. Answer: a variety of methods for observing and
recording behavior during intervals or at specific moments in time
◉ whole interval recording. Answer: used to measure continuous
behaviors or behaviors that occur at such high rates that observers
have difficulty distinguishing one response from another but can
detect whether the behavior is occurring at any given time; target