basic form of direct continuous observation, provides overall description of a client's behavior patterns -
Answers anecdotal observation, ABC recording
provides descriptions of specific behaviors and the conditions under which each behavior occur -
Answers behavior checklist
recognizes the complex interrelationships between environment and behaviors. Information is gathered
about the person and the various environments in which that person lives and works. - Answers
ecological assessment
refers to the effects of an assessment procedure on the behavior being assessed - Answers reactivity
the degree to which the person's repertoire maximizes short and long term reinforces for that individual
and for other and minimizes short and long term punishers - Answers habilitation
target behavior should be selected only when it can be determined that the behavior is likely to produce
reinforcement on the person's natural environment - Answers relevance of behavior rule
a behavior that has consequences beyond the change itself, some of which may be considered
important.
example: crawling, reading, generalized imitation (suddenly open the child's world to new contingencies
that will develop many new important behaviors. - Answers behavioral cusp
behavior that once learned, produces corresponding modifications or convariations in other adaptive
untrained behaviors. - Answers pivotal behavior
refers to the use of progressively more typical environments, expectations, and procedures "to establish
and/or maintain personal behaviors which are as culturally normal as possible. - Answers normalization
designates responses as members of the targeted response class solely by their common effect on the
environment - Answers function-based definition
identifies instances of the target behavior by the shape or form of the behavior - Answers topography-
based definition
process of assigning numbers and units of particular features of objects or events.......involves attaching
a number representing the observed extent of a dimensional quantity to an appropriate unit. The
number and the unit together constitute the measure of the object or event. - Answers measurement
The behavior analyst in a group home needs to determine the cost of using an intervention to teach self-
care skills. She should which measurement system - Answers trials-to-criterion