Question 1

Assessment techniques such as completing sentence stems and drawing pictures of a house or person are called ___.

Accepted Answer

Drawing tests

Question 2

Which students seem to be isolated from their peers?

Accepted Answer

Although all students were chosen, Sue was only selected once by one peer. Sam, Emily and Mary were only selected twice. Mary was selected twice by the same peer (Sue).

Question 3

Analyze the interval recording data. How often is the student on task?

Accepted Answer

Overall, Amber spent a total of 3 minutes on-task (30% of the time). Seven of the 10 minutes were spent off-task (70% of the time).

Question 4

Analyze the latency recording information.

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Question 5

Which students have made mutual choices?

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Question 6

Mr. Dodd and other school personnel have observed Cal's off-task behavior in several settings. In assessing Cal's overall school performance with a particular focus on behavior, the school psychologist might administer a(n)___ to measure Cal's distractibility and sustained focused attention.

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Question 7

What additional important information was obtained in the functional interview?

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Question 8

Mr. Malapati writes down information about a student's behavior that he will later analyze for antecedent, behavior, and consequence. He has used ___ as part of a functional behavioral assessment.

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Question 9

Information about a student's behavior can be obtained by questioning persons who work with that student. However, in order to determine what behavior occurs in a specific environment, the method of ___ will need to be used over multiple sessions.

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The answer of Information about a student's behavior can be...

Question 10

Ms. Lancaster wants to determine the exact number of times Lindsay inappropriately leaves her seat. Ms. Lancaster needs this information before she can begin an intervention. Her initial data collection is referred to as the ___.

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Question 11

The evaluation of the information collected in question 7 is called ___.

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Question 12

Analyze the anecdotal recording. What are the antecedents, behaviors, and consequences?

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Question 13

Although much information can be obtained from norm-referenced standardized assessments, in order to analyze a student's progress and productivity in a curriculum, ____ should be collected and evaluated.

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Question 14

Mrs. Elliott notices that Bryan has not been able to complete class work in the amount of time allotted. All other students in the class usually finish within the time frame expected. Bryan also seems to take more time preparing to begin assignments than his classmates. To establish a baseline about this specific behavior, Mrs. Elliott will need to record the __ time between the time she issues the assignment and the time Bryan begins to work.

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Question 15

Mrs. O'Connor questions Martin, one of her third-grade students, after she breaks up a playground fight he initiated. Martin is quite upset and tells Mrs. O'Connor that his parents were fighting that morning before school and he witnessed his father shoving his mother. This incident may be referred to as the ___ of Martin's behavior on the playground.

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Question 16

A test that requires the psychologist to analyze story responses a student gives when shown specific picture cards is called a(n) ___.

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Question 17

Analyze the observations of Jessica's behavior for antecedent, behavior, and consequence.

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Question 18

Students display many varieties of behaviors during a school day. When a specific behavior is identified as problematic requires intervention, it is referred to as ___.

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Question 19

When the total learning environment is analyzed to determine if there are factors that contribute to a specific behavior, it is called ecological assessment.

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Question 20

An event that occurs prior to the target behavior that increases the likelihood of the target behavior occurring is known as which of the following?
A) Antecedent
B) Baseline
C) Target behavior
D) Consequence

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Quiz 9: Assessment of Behavior