PSYB45H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Book Notes
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Chapter 2: observation and recording behavior: one of the most important things to behavior modification is to measure the behavior that is targeted for change. It is the measurement of the target behavior. Direct assessment is more accurate than indirect assessment because in direct the person is trained to look for a particular behavior. Steps needed for behavior recording plan: defining the target behavior. When defining the target you need to have ior: Interobserver reliability: when two or more people independently observe the same behavior and both record that their behavior occurred. The observer: usually the observer is a person other than the one exhibiting the behavior (ex. psychologist, they must be in close proximity to the person with the behavior. In some cases , people are asked to record themselves: self-monitoring, when client observes and records his or her own target behavior. The observer records the target behavior in a specific period.
