PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Functional Analysis, Simpletech
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Which behaviour to focus on: baseline phase: Determine the level of target behaviour prior to treatment intervention: different assessment procedures for collecting baseline information. Client self-monitoring eg. personal diaries (mood diary: advantages of indirect assessment procedures: Can provide information about covert procedures: disadvantages of indirect assessment procedures: Direct observation of behaviour: main advantage of direct assessment procedures: Accuracy - more accurate than indirect assessment: disadvantages of direct assessment procedures: Examine factors that control and maintain problem behaviour. Determine whether improvements are maintained (general notes for behavioural assessment) Collection of accurate behavioural data can be very important for numerous reasons. Reactivity - simply tracking/recording behaviour can lead to behaviour change. Topography: the specific movements involved in a particular response, need specific guidelines (e. g. , pictures, descriptions) to help record aspects of topography. Frequency; number of instances in a period of time (i. e. , rate) Relative duration: length of time a behaviour occurs within a specific period.
