PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Stimulus Control, Verbal Behavior, Intellectual Disability
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Psyb45 chapter 21 direct behavioural assessment: what to. Topography (of a response): 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. Amount of behaviour two measures: frequency (or rate) of behaviour: the number of instances of a behaviour that occur in a given period of time. Devices such as pdas, smartphones, and tablet computers, with appropriate apps obtained online or custom-made, can be used to record. The times at which each instance of behaviour occurs. A frequency graph or a cumulative graph can be used to measure this. Keeping track of the relative duration of some activity over successive sessions or days tabulate and present these data for effective visual display on a combined data sheet/graph. Intensity of behaviour: assessments of intensity often utilize instrumentation, measures of force are common in the skills involved in various sports.
