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Measuring behaviour Flashcards

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What are informal ways of measuring behaviour?

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Retrospectively through memory

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What are the two ways of formally recording behaviour?

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Continuous recording and interval recording

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What is continuous recording?

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Recording each and every occurrence of a target behaviour within a given period

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What is interval recording?

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Recording whether a behaviour occurs during each of a series of short intervals within an observation period

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What is inter observer reliability?

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A measure of the degree of agreement in data tallies made by two or more observers

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How many people should rate behaviour?

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Two or more

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What are acceptable reliability scores in measuring behaviour?

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90, anything below 80 would be seen as unreliable.

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How can you improve inter observer reliability?

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Incresae the observer’s idea of what teh target behaviour is

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What is a simple frequency graph?

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A graph in which each data point indicates the number of times a behaviour occurred over a period of time

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What is a cumulative frequency graph?

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A graph in which each data point indicates the total number of times the behaviour has occurred up to that point in time

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What method is used to evaluate an intervnetion in behavioural analysis?

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Single case experimental designs (SCEDs)

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What do SCEDs look at?

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Practical significance not statistical significance

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What is the definition of a SCED?

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A research design in which the behaviour of an individual is compared under experimental and control conditions

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What is a basline in SCED research?

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A period during which the behaviour under study is recorded, but no attempt is made to modify it

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What are the three types of SCEDs?

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  1. ABAB reversal design
  2. Multiple baseline design
  3. Alternating treatment design
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What is AB design?

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A is baseline, B is intervention period

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Why is AB design not very good?

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It cannot account for confounding variables

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What is ABAB reversal design?

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Complete the intervention twice

19
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When would ABAB reversal design not be practical?

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When you’re trying to solve serious behaviour problems - unethical to return to baseline

20
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What is multiple baseline design?

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Like ABAB design but staggered to account for confounding variables - different baselines are staggered based on different people/settings/behaviours

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What is alternating treatment design?

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Two or more interventions are systematically alternated

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What is a problem with ABAB designs?

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The intervention in B can leak over into the second baseline phase

23
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What is ABa design?

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AB design but with a maintenance phase afterwards

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What is changing criterion design?

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A criterion is set for performance and the criterion is increased over time

25
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What are ecological momentary assessments?

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Repeated sampling of subjects current behaviour and experiences in real time in the subjects natural environment

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What are active experience data?

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Experiences are self-reported, e.g., mood/stress rating

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What are active behaviour data?

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Behaviours are self-reported, e.g., exercise diary, event-recording

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What are active physiology data?

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Physiology is measured by participants, e.g., take own saliva samples for cortisol

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What are passive experience data?

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Experience is inferred through observation, e.g., auditory sampling

30
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What is passive behaviour data?

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Behaviours are measured with no intervention or reporting, e.g., pedometer to infer physical activity

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What is passive physiology data?

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Physiology is measured with no intervention by participant, e.g., passive sampling of heart rate/blood pressure

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