PSYB45H3 Chapter 13: Chapter 13 Notes
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Identifying these variables before treating a problem behaviour is called functional assessment. Jacob, a 2 year old boy was engaged in problem behaviors involving throwing objects, banging his head on the ground and whining: his mother was concerned about his problems and agreed for a psychology student named. Rich, to try to decrease jacob"s problem behavior: the first step to rich took was to conduct a functional assessment to determine why jacob was engaging in these behaviors. First, rich interviewed jacob"s mother and asked her questions about the problem behaviors, the setting and the day care routines, the antecedent circumstances, the consequences when. Jacob bangs his head, whines and throw toys. The kids return his toys: treatment for jacob involved teaching him to ask the other children to give back his toys when they took them, antecedent. The kids return jacob"s toys to him: asking for the toys produced the same behavior same outcome as the problem behavior.
