PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Abscissa And Ordinate, Behaviorism, Applied Behavior Analysis
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Chapter 3: using data and research methods in behaviour analysis. By using the data we collect, we can determine whether our efforts to change a behaviour worked. Intervention is a program or period of time in which action is taken to alter an existing situation such as a target behaviour. Baseline has two meanings: it can refer to the data collected before the intervention begins or to the period of time during which those data were collected (baseline level is the level before you tried to change it) Would decline from the baseline if your intervention worked. Data tells us the current status and history of variables. Behaviour is a variable, and its antecedents and consequences are variables too. Baseline data gives us a representative picture of the extent or severity of the problem behaviour before the intervention begins. Need to organize data chronologically to see whether the behaviour has changed over time.
