Measurement Part 1

Question 1

What is measurement?

Answer 1

Measurement is the act of assigning numbers and units or events

Question 2

Measurement is the act of assigning numbers and units or events

Answer 2

Measurement

Question 3

Why do practitioneers measure behaviour?

Answer 3

It is how scientist operationalise empricism;
Description
Prediction
Control

Question 4

Description
Prediction
Control

Answer 4

Three levels of scientific knowledge

Question 5

What are the three levels of scientific knowledge?

Answer 5

Description
Prediction
Control

Question 6

What is counting?

Answer 6

A simply tally of occurances of behaviour.

Question 7

A simply tally of occurances of behaviour.

Answer 7

counting

Question 8

What is measuring?

Answer 8

A simply tally of occurances of behaviour.

Question 9

A simply tally of occurances of behaviour.

Answer 9

Measuring

Question 10

What is empircism?

Answer 10

To define and systematically observe

and accruately and reliable measure the phenomenon of interest.

Question 11

To define and systematically observe

and accruately and reliable measure the phenomenon of interest.

Answer 11

Empiricism

Question 12

Define “free operant” behaviour

Answer 12

Is any operant behaviour that results in mimimal displacement of participants time and space.
It is discrete
It requires minmimal time for completion.
can produce a wide range of responses.

Question 13

Is any operant behaviour that results in mimimal displacement of participants time and space.
It is discrete
It requires minmimal time for completion.
can produce a wide range of responses.

Answer 13

A free operant behaviour

Question 14

Number of words read in a minute

Answer 14

Free operant behaviour

Question 15

Give an example of a free operant behaviour

Answer 15

Number of hand claps in 6 seconds

Question 16

What is a discrete behaviour?

Answer 16

A behaviour that occurs when an opportunity to respond exists

Question 17

A behaviour that occurs when an opportunity to respond exists

Answer 17

A discrete behaviour

Question 18

Give an example of a discrete behaviour

Answer 18

A teacher prompts for an answer to occur

Question 19

A teacher prompts for an answer to occur

Answer 19

Discrete behaviour

Question 20

What is celeration?

Answer 20

A measure of how the rates of response change over time.

Question 21

A measure of how the rates of response change over time

Answer 21

Celeration

Question 22

What is duration per session?

Answer 22

Is a measure of the cumulative amount amount of time in which a person engages in the target behaviour.

Question 23

Is a measure of the cumulative amount amount of time in which a person engages in the target behaviour

Answer 23

Duration per session

Question 24

Waht is duration per occurence?

Answer 24

Is a measure of the duration of time that each instance of target behaviour occurs.

Question 25

Is a measure of the duration of time that each instance of target behaviour occurs.

Answer 25

Duration per occurence

Question 26

Waht is reponse latency?

Answer 26

Is the measure of time elasped between the onset of the stimulus (e.g. task direction) and the intiation of the subsequent response.

Question 27

Is the measure of time elasped between the onset of the stimulus (e.g. task direction) and the intiation of the subsequent response.

Answer 27

Response latency

Question 28

Waht is inter response time?

Answer 28

Is the amount of time that has elapsed between 2 consecutive instances of the response class.

Question 29

Is the amount of time that has elapsed between 2 consecutive instances of the response class

Answer 29

Inter response time

Question 30

What is trials to criterion?

Answer 30

Is a measure of the number of response opportunities needed to achieve predetermined level of performance

Question 31

Is a measure of the number of response opportunities needed to achieve predetermined level of performance

Answer 31

trials to criterion

Question 32

Examples of trials to criterion

Answer 32

shoe tying, using a zipper,

Question 33

What is event recording ?

Answer 33

Encompasses a wide variety of procedures for decting and recording the number of times a behaviour is observed.

Question 34

Encompasses a wide variety of procedures for decting and recording the number of times a behaviour is observed.

Answer 34

Event recording

Question 35

What is whole interval recording?

Answer 35

Is used to measure continous behaviours and / or high freqency behaviours that are dificult to disguish between one response to another

Question 36

Is used to measure continous behaviours and / or high freqency behaviours that are dificult to disguish between one response to another

Answer 36

Whole interval recording

Question 37

Observation period is divided into a series of brief time intervals

Answer 37

whole interval recording

Question 38

At the end of the interval the observer records whether the target behaviour has occured throughout the the interval

Answer 38

Whole interval recording

Question 39

What is partial interval recording?

Answer 39

Observer records whether the target behaviour ahs occured aat anytime during the interval

Question 40

Observer records whether the target behaviour ahs occured aat anytime during the interval

Answer 40

Partial interval recording

Question 41

Not concerned with the number of occasions it has occured or how long the behaviour lasted. Just if it occured at some point during the interval

Answer 41

Partial interval recording

Question 42

What is momentary time sampling?

Answer 42

Records whether the target behaviour is occuring at the moment each time interval

Question 43

Records whether the target behaviour is occuring at the moment each time interval

Answer 43

momentary time sampling

Question 44

What is an artifact?

Answer 44

An outcome or result that appears to exist because of the way it is measured. But infacr does not correspond to what actually occured.

Question 45

An outcome or result that appears to exist because of the way it is measured. But infacr does not correspond to what actually occured.

Answer 45

An artifact