PSY 01316 Lecture 9: Lecture 9- descriptive assessment and hypothesis testing
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Lecture 9- descriptive assessment & hypothesis development: functions of problem behavior. These functions can be socially mediated or non-socially mediated. Possible antecedents: divided attention, restricted access, demand or request, social interaction, barren environment, loud, chaotic environment. Possible consequences: attention, tangible access/ activity, escape from demand / social, automatic + or , the methods. Functional behavioral assessment: to identify the reinforcers maintaining problem behavior: descriptive assessment. Direct observation of problem behavior under naturally occurring conditions. Events are not arranged in predetermined manner. Consequences are not manipulated- results i(cid:374) ide(cid:374)tifyi(cid:374)g a (cid:272)orrelatio(cid:374), (cid:374)ot the (cid:862)(cid:272)ause(cid:863) of behavior: abc recording. Records: occurrences of targeted problem behaviors and selected environmental events. Within the natural routine during a specified period of time. Example: nap time: a: tea(cid:272)her says (cid:862)go to your (cid:373)at(cid:863, b: child crawls away from adult toward resting peer, c: attention- adult talks to child/explains/repeats instructions, escape- delays nap time.
