Week 5 Study Questions

docx

School

University of Central Florida *

*We aren’t endorsed by this school

Course

564

Subject

Psychology

Date

Dec 6, 2023

Type

docx

Pages

Uploaded by AgentPuppy3534

Week 5 Study Questions Crishtine A. Sundar The Chicago School of Professional Psychology AB 564-Behavior Assessment B Scott. Larson-McGuire May 28, 2022

Week 5 Study Questions 1. In 1-2 sentences each, describe the 4 conditions used in the functional analysis of this study. (4 pts). The four conditions were social disapproval, academic demand, unstructured play and alone condition. In the social disapproval condition the researcher would give his disapproval only when the participant would engage in SIB. These would be non-punitive measures that were taken and it allowed to showcase a contingency of reinforcement that maintains SIB. In the academic demand condition the experiemner used lest to most prompting hieracy in order to teach a child some form of educational activity. The trial ends and the experimentor shiled away from the participant when SIB occurs and there is a 30 second interlude between the onset and the researcher returning. This was done to gather data on wether or not SIB was maintained by negative reinforcment. Unstructured play was the control condition whereby the client was laced in a demand free open range envioment. Here the client was given no demand, were allowed to play with or enege with any item, social praise was delivered contingent on behavior displayed and SIB was ignored until gravely injurious. Alone condition the participant was in a room without the experimenter and without any materials that would classify as external materials that provide stimulation. Here the experimentors wanted to test wether the lack of reinforcements through external stimulation would lead towards an increase in the SIB of the participant. 2. Some of the participants in the study demonstrated SIB across all conditions. What did the authors attribute that to and why? (2 pts) The authors of this study outoined that a number of factors could have affected the participants high demonstration of SIB across conditons. They state that the maturity and the mental capacity of the particpants were so low that they were unablke to distinguish between the

conditions. Secondly the variables that maintain their behavior were simply not controlled in this present study and thus accouts for their high SIB across conditions. Lastly and perhaps most descriptive attribution would be that the response by the particants are multifaceted. This means that all the conditons above somehow tapped into their reinforcment contingency in one way or the other. The authors mention that this reasoning could very well mean that a multilayered approach and treamant plan cneeds to be applied to thses individuals to propely help them. 2. Why were lower levels of self-injury consistent during the control condition? (2 pts). There were lower levels of SIB during the control conditions simoly because the enicoment was an enriched one. An enviorment whereby there is no demand placed, open range acess to items without them being taken away or ply time being terminated serves as a great inhibitor of SIB. The authors also state that many reserachers have also come to the same conclusion whereby when a participant is given all they can need and nothing is taken away then the physical and social reinforcment of that negates most SIB from occurring. 3. By analyzing the graphs on page 205, which child has the clearest function for SIB and what is that function? (1 pt) Child number four would have the clearest function for SIB and that function would be maintained by being alone or having no form of stimulation.

Your preview ends here

Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version

Access to all documents
Unlimited textbook solutions
24/7 expert homework help

Related Documents

Unit 9 Study Questions Spring 2019.docx

Unit 8 Study Questions Spring 2019.docx

Unit 10 Study Questions .docx

Unit 7 Study Questions Spring 2019.docx

Unit 6 Study Questions Spring 2019.docx

Unit 12 Service Learning Project Written Assignment Assessment-Based Intervention Project, Part 1.ed

Unit 3 study questions.docx

Unit 7 Study Questions Spring 2019.edited.docx

Reading Check_Unit7 Final .docx

Reading Check_Unit13.docx

Reading Check_Unit7.docx

AB541_Unit6_StudyGuide.docx

Recommended textbooks for you

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

Psychology

ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:PEARSON

Cognitive Psychology

Psychology

ISBN:9781337408271

Author:Goldstein, E. Bruce.

Publisher:Cengage Learning,

Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and ...

Psychology

ISBN:9781337565691

Author:Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Tanya S. Martini

Publisher:Cengage Learning

Psychology in Your Life (Second Edition)

Psychology

ISBN:9780393265156

Author:Sarah Grison, Michael Gazzaniga

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research a...

Psychology

ISBN:9781285763880

Author:E. Bruce Goldstein

Publisher:Cengage Learning

Theories of Personality (MindTap Course List)

Psychology

ISBN:9781305652958

Author:Duane P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen Schultz

Publisher:Cengage Learning

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS

Recommended textbooks for you

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Psychology
ISBN:9780134477961
Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher:PEARSON
Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
ISBN:9781337408271
Author:Goldstein, E. Bruce.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and ...
Psychology
ISBN:9781337565691
Author:Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Tanya S. Martini
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Psychology in Your Life (Second Edition)
Psychology
ISBN:9780393265156
Author:Sarah Grison, Michael Gazzaniga
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research a...
Psychology
ISBN:9781285763880
Author:E. Bruce Goldstein
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Theories of Personality (MindTap Course List)
Psychology
ISBN:9781305652958
Author:Duane P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen Schultz
Publisher:Cengage Learning