PSY 7712 Assignment 3 -Identify the Measurement

Identify the Measurement

Part 1
Your instructor will provide you with example videos. Select one video and complete the
following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9oTO6UheG4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
UIrOZkYmO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6znlKBFAg&list=PLjFLPWmsjoNV0Q6uJJbnCMj5-
IkY64YXi&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6znlKBFAg&list=PLjFLPWmsjoNV0Q6uJJbnCMj5-
IkY64YXi&index=8

1. State one Target Behavior (i.e., elopement, SIB, yelling, out of seat):

Target Behavior: Non-compliance

2. Provide an Operational Definition with examples and non-examples for one target
behavior:

Operational Definition: Non-compliance or refusal refers to any action or response that
defies, or does not match the instructions given, especially by a person in authority
(parent, teacher, care giver etc.) within a given time. It includes verbal and non-verbal
defiance to an instruction, requirements or a request made specifically to a person
(LAUSD, n.d.).

Examples:

 Doing something else rather than that requested

 Plopping or rolling to the ground in insolence

 Walking away in anger from the requester

 Throwing away objects

 Self-injurious behaviors to illustrate anger

 Crying

 Verbal reactions like “no”

 Attempting to explain why s/he will not do as requested



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, Non-Examples:

 Lack of acting because the child did not understand what was requested

 Doing/responding timely but not completing a task requested in given time

 Engaging in the task as required

3. Identify an appropriate Measurement System (i.e., count, duration, IRT, etc.) and explain
why you chose it for one target behavior:

 Chosen Measurement System: percentage or Trials to Criterion
 Rationale: level of non-compliance can be measured using percentage. This can be
achieved by calculating the quantity of directions or instructions receiving non-
compliance or defiance as a proportion of the total count of instructions given within a
specified period. The outcome is viably illustrative of obedience/compliance levels in a
child. Trials to Criterion can also measure compliance/non-compliance behavior of a
child in the selected video. This tool measures behavioral responses based on the number
of times an instruction is given to elicit a desired response in the child, in this case stop
yelling, plopping, throwing tantrums and throwing away chairs (BACB, n.d.).

Part 2
Complete the following for each scenario.

Measurement Systems to choose from:
 Duration
 Count
 Inter-response Time (IRT)
 Percentage
 Latency
 Trials to Criterion


Scenario Measurement System Rationale

(Choose from the list above) (Why you chose the
measurement system you did
and why another
measurement system is not
appropriate)

Example: Jacob is trying to Inter-Response Time (IRT) Inter-Response Time (IRT)
increase the length of time was selected because Jacob is
between bites for Eric to measuring the time between
prevent choking. He is consecutive behaviors in the
measuring the time between same response class. Count


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