Week 9 Flashcards
(23 cards)
A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client’s natural environment.
a) partial-intervention recording
b) event recording
c) time sampling
d) ABC recording
d.) ABC recording
The extent to which the observed values - the data produced by measuring an event - match the true state, or true values, of the event as it exists in nature.
a) reliability
b) accuracy
c) observed value
d) interobserver agreement
b.) accuracy
A form of investigation that involves a full range of inquiry methods to identify problematic antecedent and consequent controlling variables.
a) artifact
b) functional behavioral assessment
c) temporal assessment
d) behavioral checklist
b.) functional behavioral assessment
Any procedure used to evaluate the accuracy of a measurement system and, when sources of error are found, to use that information to correct or improve the measurement system.
a) corroboration
b) calibration
c) collaboration
d) normalization
b.) calibration
Measurement conducted in a manner such that all instances of the response class(es) of interest are accounted for during the observation period.
a) direct measurement
b) indirect measurement
c) discontinuous measurement
d) continuous measurement
d.) continuous measurement
Direct observation of problem behavior and the antecedent and consequent events under naturally occurring conditions.
a) indirect functional assessment
b) functional observation
c) contingency reversal
d) descriptive functional behavior assessment
d.) descriptive functional behavior assessment
Behavioral evaluation involving direct observation and recording of the behavior as it occurs.
a) descriptive assessment
b) implicit assessment
c) complete assessment
d) indirect assessment
a.) descriptive assessment
An assessment protocol that acknowledges complex interrelationships between environment and behavior.
a) ecological protocol
b) behavioral assessment
c) ecological assessment
d) relevance of behavior rule
c.) ecological assessment
A dimension of ABA that means that the behaviors changed improve to produce practical results for the client.
a) effective
b) applied
c) behavioral
d) technological
a.) effective
The percentage of total intervals in which two observers recorded the same count.
a) exact count-per-interval IOA
b) interval-by-interval IOA
c) mean count-per-interval IOA
d) total duration IOA
a.) exact count per interval IOA
A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship between the environmental events and the behavior.
a) functional analysis
b) contingency reversal
c) direct assessment
d) functional behavior assessment
a.) functional analysis
A systemic method of assessment for obtaining information about the purposes a problem behavior serves for a person.
a) functional analysis
b) contingency reversal
c) functional behavior assessment
d) conditional probability
c.) functional behavior assessment
Assessment of skills in the natural environment without the person’s knowledge that assessment is taking place.
a) implicit assessment
b) in situ training
c) in situ assessment
d) ecological assessment
c.) in situ assessment
Assessment that relies on information from others.
a) unstructured assessment
b) complete assessment
c) implicit assessment
d) indirect assessment
d.) indirect assessment
An observer who is unaware of the study’s purpose and/or the experimental conditions in effect during a given phase or observation periods.
a) interval observer
b) unreliable observer
c) new observer
d) naïve observer
d.) naive observer
A measure produced by an observation and measurement system.
a) believability
b) reliability
c) observed value
d) credibility
c.) observed value
Any unintended change in the way an observer uses a measurement system over the course of an investigation that results in measurement error.
a) measurement drift
b) observer drift
c) artifact
d) measurement bias
b.) observer drift
An assessment in which two potential reinforcers are presented to an individual, and the researcher records which stimulus the individual approaches.
a) preference assessment
b) reinforcer assessment
c) paired stimulus assessment
d) multiple stimulus assessment
c.) paired stimulus assessment
A process of identifying reinforcers for an individual that involves presenting potential reinforcers and measuring whether the individual approaches, manipulates, or consumes the item.
a) paired stimulus assessment
b) preference assessment
c) reinforcer assessment
d) single stimulus assessment
b.) preference assessment
A process in which an item from a preference assessment is delivered contingent on a behavior to see if the behavior increases.
a) contingency assessment
b) stimulus preference assessment
c) response assessment
d) reinforcer assessment
d.) reinforcer assessment
Refers to the consistency of measurement; specifically, the extent to which repeated measurements of the same event yields the same values.
a) believability
b) reliability
c) accuracy
d) credibility
b.) reliability
A measure accepted as a quantitative description of the naturally-occurring state of some dimensional quality of an event.
a) observed value
b) credibility
c) reliability
d) true value
d.) true value
The extent to which data obtained from measurement are directly relevant to the target behavior of interest and to the reason(s) for measuring it.
a) validity
b) accuracy
c) reliability
d) true value
a.) validity
