PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Participant Observation, Accelerometer, Signify
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Direct assessment is usually more accurate than indirect assessment. As a result, indirect assessment may be based on incomplete information about the target behavior: therefore, more research and application in behavior modification relies on direct assessment, the steps needed to develop a behavior recording plan. These steps include the following: defining the target behavior, determining the logistics of recording, choosing a recording method. Such internal states cannot be observed and recorded by another person. The behavioral definition does not make inferences about a person"s intentions. Intentions cannot be observed, and inferences about intentions often are incorrect: a label ( a bad sport ) is not used to define the behavior because labels do not identify the person"s actions. To then say that the person repeats syllables or words because he is a stutterer is an incorrect use if the label as a cause of the behavior.