RBT Vocabulary
Continuous Measurement - answer Measurement conducted in a manner such that all
instances of the response class(es) of interest are detected during the observation
period
Frequency - answer A ratio of count per observation time; often expressed as count per
standard unit of time (e.g., per minute, per hour, per day) and calculated by dividing the
number of responses recorded by the number of standards unites of time in which
observations were conducted; used interchangeably with rate.
Duration - answer A measure of the total extent of time in which a behavior occurs
Discontinuous Measurement - answer Measurement conducted in a manner such that
some instances of the response class(es) of interest may not be detected
Partial-interval recording - answer A time sampling method for measuring behavior in
which the observation period is divided into a series of brief time intervals (typically from
5 to 10 seconds). The observer records whether the target behavior occurred at any
time during the interval. Partial-interval recording is not concerned with how many times
the behavior occurred during the interval or how long the behavior was present, just that
it occurred at some point during the interval; tends to overestimate the proportion of the
observation period that the behavior actually occurred.
Whole Interval time sampling - answerA time sampling method for measuring behavior
in which the observation period is divided into a series of brief time intervals (typically
from 5 to 15 seconds). At the end of each interval, the observer records whether the
target behavior occurred throughout the entire interval; tends to underestimate the
proportion of the observation period that many behaviors actually occurred.
momentary time sampling - answerA measurement method in which the presence or
absence of behaviors are recorded at precisely specified time intervals. (contrast with
interval recording.)
Permanent Product recording - answerMeasuring permanent products is an ex post
facto method of data collection because measurement takes place after the behavior
has occurred. A permanent product is a change in the environment produced by a
behavior that lasts long enough for measurement to take place.
Examples: education; compositions written, spelling words written, worksheets
completed, homework
behaviors; mopping floors, dish washing, graffiti, recycling, picking up litter
, socially: AUDIO TAPING reading orally, VIDEO TAPING sitting with good posture --
ways that something natural can become a permanent product through contrived
permanent products.
data - answerThe results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form; in applied
behavior analysis, it refers to measures of some quantifiable dimension of a behavior.
graphs - answerA visual format for displaying data; reveals relations among and
between a series of measurements and relevant variables.
Behavior - answerThe activity of living organisms; human behavior includes everything
that people do. A technical definitions: "that portion of an organism's interaction with its
environment that is characterized by detectable displacement in space through time of
some part of the organism and that results in a measureable change in at least one
aspect of the environment"
Environment - answerThe conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or
referenced part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the absence of
environment
Preference Assessment - answerA collection of methods used to predict the extent to
which stimuli will function as reinforcers for a given individual.
Curriculum-based individualized assessment - answer?
developmental individual assessment procedure - answerOne possible pathway in
young adulthood, which involves making transitions defined by personal agency and
deliberately charted growth opportunities in intellectual, opportunities, and psychosocial
domains.
social skills individualized assessment - answer?
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) - answerA systematic method of assessment
for obtaining information about the purposes (functions) of a problem behavior and
increasing appropriate behavior. Involves direct, in-class observation, can identify if the
behavior allows the student to "get something" or "get out of something", can help a
teacher identify and teach an appropriate behavior.
Written Skill acquisition plan - answer?
conditioned reinforcement - answerstimulus change that functions as a reinforcer b/c of
prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers - aka secondary or learned reinforcer
unconditioned reinforcer - answerA stimulus change that increases the frequency of any
behavior that immediately precedes it irrespective of the organism's learning history with
the stimulus. These are NOT the product of the organism's learning history with the
Continuous Measurement - answer Measurement conducted in a manner such that all
instances of the response class(es) of interest are detected during the observation
period
Frequency - answer A ratio of count per observation time; often expressed as count per
standard unit of time (e.g., per minute, per hour, per day) and calculated by dividing the
number of responses recorded by the number of standards unites of time in which
observations were conducted; used interchangeably with rate.
Duration - answer A measure of the total extent of time in which a behavior occurs
Discontinuous Measurement - answer Measurement conducted in a manner such that
some instances of the response class(es) of interest may not be detected
Partial-interval recording - answer A time sampling method for measuring behavior in
which the observation period is divided into a series of brief time intervals (typically from
5 to 10 seconds). The observer records whether the target behavior occurred at any
time during the interval. Partial-interval recording is not concerned with how many times
the behavior occurred during the interval or how long the behavior was present, just that
it occurred at some point during the interval; tends to overestimate the proportion of the
observation period that the behavior actually occurred.
Whole Interval time sampling - answerA time sampling method for measuring behavior
in which the observation period is divided into a series of brief time intervals (typically
from 5 to 15 seconds). At the end of each interval, the observer records whether the
target behavior occurred throughout the entire interval; tends to underestimate the
proportion of the observation period that many behaviors actually occurred.
momentary time sampling - answerA measurement method in which the presence or
absence of behaviors are recorded at precisely specified time intervals. (contrast with
interval recording.)
Permanent Product recording - answerMeasuring permanent products is an ex post
facto method of data collection because measurement takes place after the behavior
has occurred. A permanent product is a change in the environment produced by a
behavior that lasts long enough for measurement to take place.
Examples: education; compositions written, spelling words written, worksheets
completed, homework
behaviors; mopping floors, dish washing, graffiti, recycling, picking up litter
, socially: AUDIO TAPING reading orally, VIDEO TAPING sitting with good posture --
ways that something natural can become a permanent product through contrived
permanent products.
data - answerThe results of measurement, usually in quantifiable form; in applied
behavior analysis, it refers to measures of some quantifiable dimension of a behavior.
graphs - answerA visual format for displaying data; reveals relations among and
between a series of measurements and relevant variables.
Behavior - answerThe activity of living organisms; human behavior includes everything
that people do. A technical definitions: "that portion of an organism's interaction with its
environment that is characterized by detectable displacement in space through time of
some part of the organism and that results in a measureable change in at least one
aspect of the environment"
Environment - answerThe conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism or
referenced part of the organism exists; behavior cannot occur in the absence of
environment
Preference Assessment - answerA collection of methods used to predict the extent to
which stimuli will function as reinforcers for a given individual.
Curriculum-based individualized assessment - answer?
developmental individual assessment procedure - answerOne possible pathway in
young adulthood, which involves making transitions defined by personal agency and
deliberately charted growth opportunities in intellectual, opportunities, and psychosocial
domains.
social skills individualized assessment - answer?
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) - answerA systematic method of assessment
for obtaining information about the purposes (functions) of a problem behavior and
increasing appropriate behavior. Involves direct, in-class observation, can identify if the
behavior allows the student to "get something" or "get out of something", can help a
teacher identify and teach an appropriate behavior.
Written Skill acquisition plan - answer?
conditioned reinforcement - answerstimulus change that functions as a reinforcer b/c of
prior pairing with one or more other reinforcers - aka secondary or learned reinforcer
unconditioned reinforcer - answerA stimulus change that increases the frequency of any
behavior that immediately precedes it irrespective of the organism's learning history with
the stimulus. These are NOT the product of the organism's learning history with the
