PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mary Read, Dyslexia, Intellectual Disability
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Any muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of an organism. But getting an a or losing 10 lbs is the product of a behaviour; the result that a behaviour achieves. Overt behaviours: behaviours that could be observed and recorded by an individual other than the one performing it eg: running, passing a bowl at dinner. Covert behaviour: behaviour that cannot be readily observed by others activities that occur within one"s skin;" which require special instruments or procedures for others to observe eg: thinking and feeling. Cognitive behaviours: examples such as thinking or talking or feeling by self. Dimensions of behaviour: characteristics of behaviour that can be measured. Duration of behaviour: how long the behaviour lasts eg: mary studied for 30 seconds. Frequency of behaviour: the # of instances that occur within a given period of time eg: mary read the page 5 times in 30 mins.
