PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stuttering, Tantrum
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Is treatment necessary: decide if a problem exists, decide on the best treatment, measure treatment effects (requires assessment before and after treatment, as a treatment component (reactivity) Indirect assessment: interviews, questionnaires, rating scales, product measures, direct assessment, direct observation and recording of the target behavior as it occurs. Behavioral recording plan: the following steps are needed to develop a behavior recording plan, defining the target behavior, determining the logistics of recording, choosing a recording method, choosing a recording instrument. Defining the target behavior: describe what the person does and says (avoid labels, use active verbs (objective and unambiguous, no inference about internal states or motivation, defined so that two people could agree. Defining the behavior: write a behavioral definition for, trantrumming, studying, stuttering, nail-biting. When and where to record: the observer records the target behavior in a specific period called the observation period.
