SPE 566 Defining Behavior
SPE 566: Defining Behavior Assignment
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate understanding and application of basic concepts of behavior analysis. Specifically you are required to develop objective, behavioral definitions of social skills behavior avoiding subjective, mentalistic terms, and hypothetical constructs.
General Information
In a short answer format, you should choose any 3 of the 10 social skill behaviors for which you will provide several points of knowledge, as well as produce a well written behavioral objective. The ten social skill behaviors are: Greeting, Playing, Following Directions, Engaging in Eye Contact, Initiating a Conversation, Participating in a Conversation, Asking Questions, Sharing, Cooperating with Others, and Requesting. An example of the expected product for a term is provided below. Example of expected product:
Identified behavior: Playing with a pet.
Operational / definition: Playing with a pet includes softly patting (softly is defined as without force) the dog’s back, head or stomach.
Behavioral Measure: Frequency count will be used to record how many times Mikey pats his pet appropriately in relation to their time together (Mayer et al. (2013), p. 117 and 137).
Behavioral Objective: When playing with his pet dog Crowey (Condition), Mikey (Learner ) will deliver 5 pats (Target Behavior)softly to the dog’s back, head or stomach 4 out of 5 days (CAP).
See examples in Chapter 4, p. 70 in Mayer et al. (2013.)
Due Date
The Defining Behavior assignment must be completed and submitted by 11:59 pm (Arizona Time) on the last day of the lesson in which the assignment is due. (See the Course Schedule for the specific date.)
Submitting Your Assignment
When saving your document, include your last name and first initial as the first part of your document name (e.g., SmithA-DefiningBehavior). Do not use spaces or characters such as commas or dots in your document name. In addition, you must include your name
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate understanding and application of basic concepts of behavior analysis. Specifically you are required to develop objective, behavioral definitions of social skills behavior avoiding subjective, mentalistic terms, and hypothetical constructs.
General Information
In a short answer format, you should choose any 3 of the 10 social skill behaviors for which you will provide several points of knowledge, as well as produce a well written behavioral objective. The ten social skill behaviors are: Greeting, Playing, Following Directions, Engaging in Eye Contact, Initiating a Conversation, Participating in a Conversation, Asking Questions, Sharing, Cooperating with Others, and Requesting. An example of the expected product for a term is provided below. Example of expected product:
Identified behavior: Playing with a pet.
Operational / definition: Playing with a pet includes softly patting (softly is defined as without force) the dog’s back, head or stomach.
Behavioral Measure: Frequency count will be used to record how many times Mikey pats his pet appropriately in relation to their time together (Mayer et al. (2013), p. 117 and 137).
Behavioral Objective: When playing with his pet dog Crowey (Condition), Mikey (Learner ) will deliver 5 pats (Target Behavior)softly to the dog’s back, head or stomach 4 out of 5 days (CAP).
See examples in Chapter 4, p. 70 in Mayer et al. (2013.)
Due Date
The Defining Behavior assignment must be completed and submitted by 11:59 pm (Arizona Time) on the last day of the lesson in which the assignment is due. (See the Course Schedule for the specific date.)
Submitting Your Assignment
When saving your document, include your last name and first initial as the first part of your document name (e.g., SmithA-DefiningBehavior). Do not use spaces or characters such as commas or dots in your document name. In addition, you must include your name