Psychology

Consider ways you have encountered to improve and assess the quality of behavioral measurement. What is the importance of validity, accuracy, and reliability in behavioral measurement? What procedures can be used to minimize the threats to the accuracy and reliability of behavioral measurement? Please discuss at least two procedures. Then consider the following: According to the […]

“For this discussion, refer to the story of Sara located on page 41 of your Behavior Modification text. This case study deals with out-of-seat behaviors. Post a substantive response to the following discussion questions:  What is the behavioral definition of out-of-seat behavior?  What recording method will you recommend to record Sara's out-of-seat behavior?  What […]

In this unit, you read Carr, Newsom, and Binkoff 's 1980 article, "Escape As a Factor in the Aggressive Behavior of Two Retarded Children," which shows the effect of a teacher's demands on Bob's aggressive behavior, as well as on another student named Sam. Figure 1 in the journal article provides the ABAB graphs for […]

“In this unit, you learned about alternating treatment designs. You have been pointed out strengths and limitations of this design, as well as provided a graphing tutorial to better understand utilization. For this discussion, compare and contrast the hypothetical examples of alternating treatment designs provided on page 244 of your Single Case Experimental Designs text and on […]

“This unit has focused on measuring behavior change and graphing behavior data. In this discussion, we narrow our focus to changing criterion design. Read the application of content in the Behavior Modification text on pages 62–63. For this discussion, post a substantive response to the following:  Based on the raw data in figure 3–17, identify the […]

“This week, we look at a behavior analyst's responsibility to clients and stakeholders. Choose one of the three scenarios below and answer the following (please put in the subject line which scenario you are discussing):  Describe how you would handle the scenario.  Discuss how the scenario meets or violates the specific ethics codes. Scenario 1 A […]

“In a prior assignment, you considered some controversial treatments that were not evidence based. Controversial treatments can also be evidence based. There is debate in the field of ABA surrounding treatments involving guided compliance and extinction, particularly attention extinction and escape extinction. Some behavior analysts are quick to jump to these interventions, not fully considering how […]

“Listen to one of the following podcasts that covers issues related to equity by behavior analysts:  Beautiful Humans (Host). (2020, July 21). Competence in applied behavior analysis: It is more than a checkmark w/ Shawn Capell [Audio podcast] | Transcript. Anchor. https://anchor.fm/beautiful- humans/episodes/Ep-23-Competence-in-Applied-Behavior-Analysis-It-is- more-than-a-Checkmark-w-Shawn-Capell-eh1ku6  Beautiful Humans (Host). (2020, May 5). Cinco de Mayo and cultural appropriation with Yulema Cruz [Audio podcast] | Transcript. Anchor. https://anchor.fm/beautiful-humans/episodes/Cinco-de-Mayo-and-Cultural- […]

“Cultural humility is a key feature of effective and ethical practice. To fully respond to another's culture, we have to remember that we view it through our own cultural lens. This assignment is intended to help you identify a culture with which you closely align, explore a culture that you have little knowledge of or exposure to, […]

“Refer to the two sets of data that you recorded in the Unit 3 assignment. Make any revisions based on feedback from your instructor so you have a table that reflects the data for each of the two behaviors. Using the guidelines in Chapter 6 of your Applied Behavior Analysis text, prepare one graph for each recorded […]