PSY-2700 Lecture 3: Characteristics of a Behavioral Approach
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Quality (rating: topography: frequency, number of instances a behavior occurs in a given period of time, rate b. i. Rates should be 1-4 to avoid being off the fence: topography: duration, how long a behavior lasts, relative duration b. i. Length of time a behavior occurs within some period: topography: intensity, force of a response, use various devices to measure force b. i. Strength: topography: stimulus control, behavior occurs in the presence of certain stimuli and not others, high correlation between occurrence of stimuli and response, topography: latency, amount of time between stimulus and response a. i. Ex: alarm clock: topography: quality, how well an activity is performed a. i. Arbitrary designation of one or more of characteristics of behavior a. ii. Assumes problems are learned and can be altered through learning based strategies. You"re going to be engaging out in the real world. Uses research technology to assess and answer accountability demands. Not very reliable due to memory and bias.
