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1
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Define descriptive assessment

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Direct observation of person’s behaviour in natural environment

2
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What is the goal of descriptive assessment?

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To identify the env. variables that cause/maintain behaviour

3
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In descriptive assessment, behaviours are recorded…

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as they occur

4
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Give two ways of collecting descriptive assessment data

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ABC analyses; Scatterplots

5
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How does ABC analysis work?

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Record the antecedents and consequences around behaviours. More it occurs, more chance these are functionally related

6
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ABC analysis should be conducted…

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across several observations of behaviour, preferably across several different days

7
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Once you’ve collected enough data…

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begin looking for patterns of antecedents and consequences surrounding behaviour

8
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ABC analysis is also called

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ABC narrative recording

9
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Using data from ABC analyses you will (hopefully)…

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be able to form a research hypothesis

10
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In ABC analyses you must remember to record ONLY…

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environmental events and overt behaviours

11
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What are scatterplots?

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Tables of intervals wherein behaviours are marked off as they occur in each interval

12
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What do scatterplots reveal?

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Temporal patterns of behaviour

13
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Scatterplots help identify…

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whether there are particular times the behaviour occurs; when might be the best time to observe behaviour

14
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Give a limitation to using descriptive assessment

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Doesn’t establish cause and effect - simply establishes correlations to build a hypothesis