EDF 6226 Exam 1 2026 Practice Questions, Study Guide & Key Concepts Review for Success

EDF 6226 Exam 1 2026 | Practice Questions, Study Guide &
Key Concepts Review for Success
1. Fourphasesofinterventionmodel:Assessment
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Planning
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Implementation
Evaluation
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2. 5 phases of assessment: - Screening
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-Defining problems or criteria for achievement
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-Pinpointing target behaviors k k




-Monitoring progress k




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3. Indirect measures: Interviews k k




Checklists
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4. Direct measures: tests and direct observation
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5. direct observation: direct and repeated, preferred method
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6. Anecdotal observation: ABC recording. Recording a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behaviors
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of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the natural
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environment.
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7. Ecological assessment: *Recognizes the interactions of environment and behavior
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*Information gathered about the person and the environment they are in
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- Costly
8. Reactivity: ettectsofassessmentonbehaviorbeingassessed k k k k k k k




- obtrusive, self-monitoring k




9. Reactivity is most likely: whenthepersonbeingobservedisawareoftheobserver'spresenceand
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purpose
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10. operational definition: function or topography based k k k k k




11. Social significance: consider whose behavior is being assessed and why
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12. Habilitation: the degree to which the person's repertoire maximizes short and long term reinforcers for that
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individual and for others, and minimizes short and long term punishers
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13. Behavior cusp: -behaviors that open person's world to new contingencies - crawling, reading
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-sociallyvalid k




-generativeness
-competes with inappropriate responses
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-degree that others are attected
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, 14. pivotal behavior: Abehavior, oncelearned, thatproduces changesin otheruntrained behaviors.
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15. function-based definition: designates according to ettects on the environment k k k k k k k k




16. topography-based definition: identifies the shape or form of the behavior k k k k k k k k k




17. Measurement: Theprocessofapplyingquantitative labelstoobservedpropertiesofeventsusinga k k k k k k k k k k k k k




standardsetofrules.
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18. repeatability: behavior can be counted k k k k




19. count: asimpletallyofthenumberofoccurrencesofabehavior
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20. rate: the number of responses per unit of time
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21. celeration: a measure of the change in rates of responding per unit of time k k k k k k k k k k k k k




22. Free operant: have discrete onset and ottsets
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- donot depend on discriminativestimuli
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23. Discrete trial: - response rates of behaviors that occur within dtt are controlled by given opportunities to emit the
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response
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-rate of response is controlled by the discriminative stimulus
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24. Temporal extent: duration;theamountoftimeabehavioroccurs k k k k k k k k k




25. Temporal locus- response latency: measure of elapsed time between onset of stimulus and
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kinitiation of response (mean, median, range)
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26. Temporal locus- interresponse time: amount of time that elapses between two consecutive
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27. derivative measure- percentage: aratioformedbycombiningthesamedimensionalquantities k k k k k k k k k k k




28. derivative measure- trials to criterion: Measure of the number of response opportunities needed k k k k k k k k k k k k




to achieve a predetermined level of performance
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29. Topogrophy: thephysicalformorshapeofabehavior k k k k k k k k




30. Magnitude: theforceorintensitywithwhicharesponseisemitted k k k k k k k k k k




31. Permanent Product: measuring behavior after it has occurred by measuring the ettects the behavior k k k k k k k k k k k k k




producedontheenvironment
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32. measurement artifact:misleadingdatathatresultsfromthewaybehaviorismeasured k k k k k k k k k k k




33. validity: directlymeasuresasociallysignificantbehavior;relevanttoquestion
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34. accuracy:observedvaluesmatchthetruevaluesofanevent k k k k k k k k k




35. reliability: measurement yields the same values across repeated measurement of the same event
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36. Interobserver Agreement (IOA): The degree to which two or more independent observers report the k k k k k k k k k k k k k




same observed values after measuring the same events
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