PSYB45H3 Chapter 2: Behaviour Modficiation - Chapter 2 Book Notes
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There are two types of behavioural assessment, direct and indirect. The steps for observing and recording the target behaviour include: defining the target behaviour, determining the logistics of recording, choosing a recording method, and choosing a recording instrument. Defining the target behaviour: must identify what the person says or does that constitutes the behavioural excess or deficit targeted for change, a behavioural definition includes active verbs describing specific behaviours, and is objective and unambiguous. Also, does not make inferences about a person"s intentions: does not include internal states, because they cannot be observed and recorded www. notesolution. com. 2: behaviour must be defined before it can be observed and recorded, labels are ambiguous, as they mean different things to different people. Interobserver reliability/agreement: when two people independently observe the same behaviour and both record that the behaviour occurred: researchers in behaviour modification define the target behaviours of people for whom they provide treatment.
