Screaming: Definittion and Appropriate Method of Measurement and Assessment
Within this unit, you have learned the importance of operationally defining the target behavior, the ways in which we record behavior, and some specific direct descriptive methods of FBA.
For this discussion, you are going to focus on operationally defining a target behavior as well as identifying the appropriate method of measurement and assessment. Do an internet search for a video of a potential target behavior. You may search in broad terms such as "crying", "tantrum", etc. Once you have identified a video, include a link to your chosen video in your initial post. Provide an operational definition of the target behavior. Identify the type of measurement that you feel is best to record the level of occurrence of your target behavior. Measure the behavior using this method and indicate the level of occurrence of behavior that you have recorded.
Unit 6 Discussion: Screening and Assessment
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Unit 6 Discussion: Screening and Assessment
A target behavior’s operational definition depicts whatever the behavior of interest appears like in a manner that is categorically measurable, observable, and repeatable (Ci3T Framework 2017). Therefore, as observed in (Inside Edition, 2018), screaming had an incident of vocalization at a volume surpassing the usual conversational level for any period. Besides vocalization, which constituted the behavior with high intensity and effort, frequency, duration, and context also characterized the chosen target behavior. Specifically, regarding the video’s context, screaming was produced in reaction to a specific situation or scenario that seemed to be a child in shock from boarding the plane and trying hard to get used to the flight. The event’s frequency was slightly more than a minute. The target behavior was repeated for the mentioned period as the flight attendants and parents tried to c...