BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION EXAM 1 | TOP SCORES MADE
SIMPLE | TRUSTED TEST SOLUTIONS!
Behavioral Assessment (4 components) Answer: - identify + describe target behavior
- identify possible causes of behavior
- select appropriate treatment strategies to modify behavior
- evaluate treatment outcomes
Behavioral Modification Program (4 phases) Answer: a. screening phase
b. baseline assessment phase
c. treatment phase
d. follow-up phase
Indirect Assessment Procedures Answer: 1. Interview with client, family member or
significant other
2. questionnaires
Direct Assessment Procedures Answer: 1. Experimental Assessment Procedures
2. Computer-assisted data collection
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Topography Answer: specific movements involved in
making the response (tackling the football)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Frequency Answer: # of instances of behavior that
occurs in a given time (skating improves with practice)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Duration Answer: length of time that the behavior
occurs within some period (the length of a temper tantrum)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Intensity Answer: Magnitude or force of response
(voice meter is used to measure voice loudness)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Stimulus Control Answer: Degree of correlation
between stimulus and response
ex. ABLA - R: assess the ease in which intellectually disabled people are able to learn
stimulus discrimation levels
1
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, OBJECTIVE: to correlate certain variables with one another until desired outcome is
achieved
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Latency of Behavior Answer: procrastination before
studying a test (time measure)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Quality of Behavior Answer: gold, poor, etc.
continuous recording Answer: recording of every instance of a behavior during a
designated observation period (# of cigs smoked in an hour)
interval recording Answer: logs behavior as occurring or not occurring during short
intervals of equal duration
Hawkins & Ditson (1975) 3 things that screw-up accuracy of observations Answer: 1.
poor observational situation
2. shitty data sheets
3. vague response definition
Interobserver agreement (IOA) Answer: The degree to which two or more independent
observers report the same observed values after measuring the same events
(perception is individual and skewed)
Inter observer reliability (IOR) Answer: the degree to which different raters give
consistent estimates of the same behavior
Positive reinforcement Answer: event that causes a certain behavior to increase in
frequency
Operant behavior Answer: behaviors that operate on the environment to generate
consequences and are in turn influenced by those consequences
example of operant behavior Answer: situation: student has trouble understanding
study material
response: student asks nerd friend for help
immediate consequences: nerd friend tells student answer
long-term effects: student relies on nerd friend for help when studying for exams now
negative reinforcement/escape conditioning Answer: the removal of certain stimuli
immediately after the occurrence of a response will increase the likelihood of the
response
ex. parent nags teen to do dishes. Teen does dishes - nagging stops.
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SIMPLE | TRUSTED TEST SOLUTIONS!
Behavioral Assessment (4 components) Answer: - identify + describe target behavior
- identify possible causes of behavior
- select appropriate treatment strategies to modify behavior
- evaluate treatment outcomes
Behavioral Modification Program (4 phases) Answer: a. screening phase
b. baseline assessment phase
c. treatment phase
d. follow-up phase
Indirect Assessment Procedures Answer: 1. Interview with client, family member or
significant other
2. questionnaires
Direct Assessment Procedures Answer: 1. Experimental Assessment Procedures
2. Computer-assisted data collection
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Topography Answer: specific movements involved in
making the response (tackling the football)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Frequency Answer: # of instances of behavior that
occurs in a given time (skating improves with practice)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Duration Answer: length of time that the behavior
occurs within some period (the length of a temper tantrum)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Intensity Answer: Magnitude or force of response
(voice meter is used to measure voice loudness)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Stimulus Control Answer: Degree of correlation
between stimulus and response
ex. ABLA - R: assess the ease in which intellectually disabled people are able to learn
stimulus discrimation levels
1
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
, OBJECTIVE: to correlate certain variables with one another until desired outcome is
achieved
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Latency of Behavior Answer: procrastination before
studying a test (time measure)
Direct Behavioral Assessment - Quality of Behavior Answer: gold, poor, etc.
continuous recording Answer: recording of every instance of a behavior during a
designated observation period (# of cigs smoked in an hour)
interval recording Answer: logs behavior as occurring or not occurring during short
intervals of equal duration
Hawkins & Ditson (1975) 3 things that screw-up accuracy of observations Answer: 1.
poor observational situation
2. shitty data sheets
3. vague response definition
Interobserver agreement (IOA) Answer: The degree to which two or more independent
observers report the same observed values after measuring the same events
(perception is individual and skewed)
Inter observer reliability (IOR) Answer: the degree to which different raters give
consistent estimates of the same behavior
Positive reinforcement Answer: event that causes a certain behavior to increase in
frequency
Operant behavior Answer: behaviors that operate on the environment to generate
consequences and are in turn influenced by those consequences
example of operant behavior Answer: situation: student has trouble understanding
study material
response: student asks nerd friend for help
immediate consequences: nerd friend tells student answer
long-term effects: student relies on nerd friend for help when studying for exams now
negative reinforcement/escape conditioning Answer: the removal of certain stimuli
immediately after the occurrence of a response will increase the likelihood of the
response
ex. parent nags teen to do dishes. Teen does dishes - nagging stops.
2
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