PSYCO282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pedometer

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO282
• Professor: Karsten A.Loepelmann

Document Summary

Indirect assessment using interviews, questionnaires, and rating scales to obtain information on the target behaviour from the person exhibiting the behaviour or from others relies on recall of target behaviour. Incomplete information about target behaviour: direct assessment person observes and records the target behaviour as it occurs; must be in close proximity to the person exhibiting. One way to make sure you are choosing important (socially significant) target behaviors is to assess the opinions of the client or other important individuals (parents, teachers, etc. ). When such individuals agree that the target behaviors are important and acceptable, they are establishing the social validity of the target behaviors. Wolf (1978) discussed the importance of social validity in behavior modification and methods for assessing social validity. The logistics of recording: the observer professio(cid:374)al, or a perso(cid:374) routi(cid:374)ely asso(cid:272)ieated i(cid:374) the (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s (cid:374)atural environment proximity or recording a video. Intensity the amount of force, energy, or exertion involved in it (magnitude).