PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Figure Skating Jumps, Stimulus Control, Nancy Kerr
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Direct behavioural assessment: what to record and how. Topography of behaviour: topography of a response is the specific movements involved in making the response, picture prompts are sometimes useful for helping observers to identify variations in the topography of a response. Frequency of a behaviour: frequency (or rate) of behavior refers to the number of instances of a behavior that occur in a given period of time, example: If you wanted to improve the practice performance of figure skaters, you might examine the frequency with which they performed various jumps and spins. But sometimes a frequency graph isn"t the most informative way to present data. If a participant is not performing at all as during the first three sessions of the no- choice condition, no response is cumulated with what is already there, and the line is flat. In dealing with a behavior such as temper tantrumming, you may be more concerned with its duration than with its frequency.
