FRHD 3150 Lecture : Week 1 Lecture

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

What is behaviour? y anything a person does or says y any muscular, glanular, or electrical activity y martin & pear: covert behaviour or cognitive behaviours. The way in which a person reacts to the environment. The way in which an organism works. It is important to separate products of behaviour from behaviour y y eg. Exercising is a behaviour, losing weight is a product of behaviour. It is important to separate behavioural labels from actual behaviours y y eg. Hardworking is a behavioural label, depression is a behavioural label. Examples y clapping = observable behaviour y riding a bike = observable behaviour y being tired= state of behaviour y y yelling = responsive behaviour y angry= state of behaviour. Involves the collection and analysis of information and data in order to: Identify possible causes of the behaviour: guide the selection of an appropriate behavioural treatment, evaluate the treatment outcome.