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| _____ involves a full range of inquiry methods including direct observation, interview, checklists, and tests to identify and define targets for behavior change. |
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| Behavioral assessment can be conceptualized as _____, with an initial broad scope leading to an eventual narrow and constant focus. |
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| The 5 phases of Behavioral Assessment |
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- Screening
- Defining & Quantifying problems or goals
- Pinpointing the target behaviors to be treated
- Monitoring the progress
- Following up |
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| Before conducting a behavioral assessment, the behavior analyst must determine whether he has the _____, resources, and skills to assess and change the behavior. |
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| Four major methods for obtaining assessment information |
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- Interviews
- Checklists
- Tests
- Direct Observation |
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| The _____ is used to determine the client's description of problem behaviors or achievement goals. |
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| In the client interview, _____ questions are emphasized, focusing on the actual behavior of the client and the responses of significant others to that behavior. |
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| Questionnaires & Needs Assessment surveys |
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| These are sometimes completed by the client to supplement the information gathered in the interview. |
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| Clients are sometimes asked to _____ certain situations or behaviors. |
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| Self-collected data may be useful in _____ target behaviors. |
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| _____ can also be interviewed to gather assessment information and, in some cases, to find out whether they will be willing and able to assist in an intervention. |
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| Direct observation with a behavior checklist that contains _____ of various skills can indicate possible target behaviors. |
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| _____, also called ABC recording, yields a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client's natural environment. |
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| Entails gathering a large amount of information about the person and the environments in which that person lives and works (e.g., physiological conditions, physical aspects of the environment, interactions with others, past reinforcement history). |
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| A complete ecological assessment is neither _____ for most applied behavior analysis programs. |
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| the effects of an assessment procedure on the behavior being assessed. |
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| Reactivity is most likely when the person being observed is _____ of the observer's presence and purpose. |
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| Behavior analysts should use assessment methods that are as _____ as possible, repeat observations until apparent reactive effects subside, and take possible reactive effects into account when interpreting the results of observations. |
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| Target behaviors in applied behavior analysis must be socially significant behaviors that will increase a person's _____ (adjustment, competence). |
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| relevance of behavior rule |
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| Will the behavior be reinforced in the person's daily life? The _____ requires that a target behavior produce reinforcement for the person in the post intervention environment. |
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| Is the behavior a necessary _____ for a useful skill? |
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| Will the behavior increase the person's _____ to environments in which other important behaviors can be learned or used? |
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| appropriate and supportive |
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| Will the behavior predispose others to interact with the person in a more _____ manner? |
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| Is the behavior a ____ or pivotal behavior? |
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| Behavioral cusps have sudden and dramatic consequences that extend well beyond the _____ itself because they expose the person to new environments, reinforcers, contingencies, responses, and stimulus controls. |
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| Learning a pivotal behavior produces corresponding modifications or covariations in other _____. |
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| Is the behavior age _____? |
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| Whenever a behavior is targeted for reduction or elimination, a desirable, _____ must be selected to replace it. |
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| Does the behavior represent the _____ or achievement goal, or is it only indirectly related? |
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| A person's _____ should not be confused with the actual behavior of interest. |
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| In some cases the client's verbal behavior should be selected as the _____ because it is the behavior of interest. |
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| If a person's goal is not a specific behavior, a target behavior(s) must be selected that will produce the desired _____. |
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| Assessment often reveals ____ behavior or skill area for targeting. |
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| Can be accomplished by rating potential target behaviors against key questions related to their relative danger, frequency, long-standing existence, potential for reinforcement, relevance for future skill development and independent functioning, reduced negative attention from others, likelihood of success, and cost. |
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| Participation by the person whose behavior is to be changed, parents and/or other important family members, staff, and administration in identifying and prioritizing target behaviors can help reduce _____. |
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| target behavior definitions |
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| Explicit, well-written _____ are necessary for researchers to accurately and reliably measure the same response classes within and across studies or to aggregate, compare, and interpret their data. |
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| Good target behavior definitions are necessary for practitioners to collect _____ data to guide ongoing program decisions, apply procedures consistently, and provide accountability to clients, parents, and administrators. |
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| Function-based definitions |
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| Designate responses as members of the targeted response class solely by their common effect on the environment. |
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| Topography based definitions |
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| Define instances of the targeted response class behavior by the shape or form of the behavior. |
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| A good definition must be _____, clear, and complete, and must discriminate between what is and what is not an instance of target behavior. |
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| A target behavior definition is _____ if it enables observers to capture every aspect of the behavior that the "complainer" is concerned with and none other. |
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| A behavior change has _____ if it changes some aspect of the person's life in an important way. |
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| Outcome criteria specifying the extent of behavior change desired or needed should be determined _____ efforts to modify the target behavior begin. |
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| Two approaches to determining socially validated performance criteria |
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- Assessing the performance of people judged to be highly competent
- Experimentally manipulating different levels of performance to determine which produces optimal results |
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