ABA 624 EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ repeatability
Answer: instances of a behavior 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: A simple tally of the number of occurrences of a behavior.
The observation period, or counting time, should always be noted
when reporting count measures.
◉ rate
Answer: the number of responses per unit of time
,ex) count per seconds, count per minute, count per hour, count
per day
◉ free operant
Answer: can be emitted at nearly any time; is discrete, it requires
minimal time for completion, and it can produce a wide range of
response rates
◉ discrete trial
Answer: Response rates of behaviors occurring within a
controlled opportunity to emit the response.
◉ celeration
Answer: a measure of how rates of response change over time
-should use acceleration and deceleration when describing
increasing or decreasing rates of response
-celeration is a measure of count per unit time/per unit of time
-celeration is a direct measure of dynamic patters of behavior
change
◉ duration
Answer: the amount of time from the onset to the end of a
response, is the basic measure of temporal extent
-Important when measuring the amount of time a person engages
in target bx
,◉ total duration per session
Answer: a measure of the cumulative time a person engages in the
target bx
-cummalative amount of time target bx during observation
-amount of time a person spend completing task
◉ duration per occurence
Answer: a measure of the duration of time that each instance of
the target behavior occurs
◉ latency
Answer: 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
-shorter irts coexist with higher rates of response
-longer irts occur within lower response rates
-meaure IRT when the time between instances of response class is
important
-provides a basic measure for implementing and evaluating
interventions using differential rx of low and high rates
, -displayed in graph by mean or median and range per observation
period
◉ derivative measures
Answer: Percentage
Trials-to-Criterion
◉ percentage
Answer: a ratio formed by combining the same dimensional
quantities such as count or time
-number of times the event occurred per 100 opportunities
-used to report response accuracy, proportion of observation
intervals target bx occurred
-limations: small divisor are unduly affected by small changes in
bx, no dimensional quantities, lower and upper limits on data
◉ trials to criterion
Answer: Measure of the number of response opportunities
needed to achieve a predetermined level of performance
-aspect of cost of treatment to compare treatment
◉ topography
Answer: the physical form or shape of a behavior, is a measurable
and malleable dimension of bx
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ repeatability
Answer: instances of a behavior 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: A simple tally of the number of occurrences of a behavior.
The observation period, or counting time, should always be noted
when reporting count measures.
◉ rate
Answer: the number of responses per unit of time
,ex) count per seconds, count per minute, count per hour, count
per day
◉ free operant
Answer: can be emitted at nearly any time; is discrete, it requires
minimal time for completion, and it can produce a wide range of
response rates
◉ discrete trial
Answer: Response rates of behaviors occurring within a
controlled opportunity to emit the response.
◉ celeration
Answer: a measure of how rates of response change over time
-should use acceleration and deceleration when describing
increasing or decreasing rates of response
-celeration is a measure of count per unit time/per unit of time
-celeration is a direct measure of dynamic patters of behavior
change
◉ duration
Answer: the amount of time from the onset to the end of a
response, is the basic measure of temporal extent
-Important when measuring the amount of time a person engages
in target bx
,◉ total duration per session
Answer: a measure of the cumulative time a person engages in the
target bx
-cummalative amount of time target bx during observation
-amount of time a person spend completing task
◉ duration per occurence
Answer: a measure of the duration of time that each instance of
the target behavior occurs
◉ latency
Answer: 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
-shorter irts coexist with higher rates of response
-longer irts occur within lower response rates
-meaure IRT when the time between instances of response class is
important
-provides a basic measure for implementing and evaluating
interventions using differential rx of low and high rates
, -displayed in graph by mean or median and range per observation
period
◉ derivative measures
Answer: Percentage
Trials-to-Criterion
◉ percentage
Answer: a ratio formed by combining the same dimensional
quantities such as count or time
-number of times the event occurred per 100 opportunities
-used to report response accuracy, proportion of observation
intervals target bx occurred
-limations: small divisor are unduly affected by small changes in
bx, no dimensional quantities, lower and upper limits on data
◉ trials to criterion
Answer: Measure of the number of response opportunities
needed to achieve a predetermined level of performance
-aspect of cost of treatment to compare treatment
◉ topography
Answer: the physical form or shape of a behavior, is a measurable
and malleable dimension of bx
