PSYCO282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Product Measure
25 Feb 2014
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Necessary as helps to determine if treatment is necessary (i. e. is there a problem that need to be fixed), choose best treatment and before and after measurement helps if treatment was successful. Direct vs. indirect assessment: direct: observing behavior as it happen. Note: this can be done by a camera which in this case and observing the behavior as it occurs. Need to have a precise definition of the behavior that you are trying to measure. Example is when a psychologist or a camera captures an isolated child in the playground and records every interaction he makes. Indirect: involves using interview, rating scales to obtain info one target behavior from the person exhibiting the behavior ( he needs to remember his behavior though) our from other. Thus it relies on individuals recall of the target behavior. Identify exactly what person says or does that constitute the behavior deficit or excess. Usually involves active verbs, is objective and unambiguous.
