Behavioral Assessment

Question 1

Behavior therapists & assessors see personality more in terms of [ ] in specific situations.

Answer 1

behavioral tendencies

Question 2

When test responses are viewed as a [ ], one assumes that they parallel the way in which a person is likely to behave in a non-test situation – behavioral assessment

Answer 2

sample

Question 3

When test responses are viewed as [ ], an inference is made that the performance is an indirect or symbolic manifestation of some other characteristic – traditional testing

Answer 3

sign

Question 4

• exact analyses are made of the stimuli that precede a behavior and the consequences that follow it
• thus, to change an undesirable behavior, the clinician must
  (a) identify the stimulus conditions that precipitate it and
  (b) determine the reinforcements that follow.

Answer 4

functional analysis

Question 5

most behavioral therapists have broadened the method of functional analysis to include [ ] variables as well

Answer 5

organismic

Question 6

physical, physiological, or cognitive characteristics of the individual that are important for both the conceptualization of the client’s problem and the ultimate treatment that is administered.

Answer 6

organismic variables

Question 7

an important first step in functional analysis is to define the [ ] of desired behavior change

Answer 7

ultimate outcomes / long-term consequences

Question 8

• one of the most well regarded systems for home observation
• use of a videotaped interaction of the entire family eating at mealtime, without the presence of a clinician or researcher, then trained coders watch the videotape and rate the family on several domains

Answer 8

mealtime family interaction coding system

Question 9

An example of a behavioral observation system used in school settings is Achenbach’s revised [ ] of the Child Behavior
checklist.

Answer 9

Direct Observation Form (DOF)

Question 10

An example of a hospital observation measure is the [ ] developed by Gordon Paul and his associates.

Answer 10

Time Sample Behavior Checklist (TSBC)

Question 11

• sometimes referred to as analogue behavioral observation
• the environment is “designed” such that it is likely that the assessor will observe the targeted behavior or interactions

Answer 11

controlled observation

Question 12

• Prinz and Kent (1978) developed the [ ] system to assess Parent-Adolescent Conflict.
  ➢ several raters review and rate audiotaped discussions of families attempting to resolve a problem about which they disagree.

Answer 12

interaction behavior code (IBC)

Question 13

the test of avoidance behavior consisted of a series of 29
performance tasks requiring increasingly more threatening interactions with a red-tailed boa constrictor.

Answer 13

behavioral avoidance

Question 14

In addition to the measurement of performance capabilities, the degree of fear aroused by each approach response was assessed.

Answer 14

fear arousal accompanying approach responses