For this Assignment, you will examine behavior in your own life and the need for clarity in describing it, and you will rewrite a set of objectives using observable and measurable terms.
To Prepare:
Consider and choose a behavior in your own life. Define it so that it would be clear to anyone who sees your definition. In other words, he or she could read the definition and record its frequency without needing any elaboration.
Similarly, consider the importance of clarity for teachers and parents when discussing a child’s behavior.
Review this week’s Learning Resources video Observing Problem Behaviors, which shows a child exhibiting a target behavior.
Review the video at least three times before completing this Assignment. While watching the video:
Identify the target behavior the child is exhibiting
Define the target behavior in observable and measurable terms
Review the “Definitions of Behavior Worksheet” in this week’s Learning Resources. You will use this worksheet to rewrite each objective using observable and measurable terms as well as to write an operational definition of the target behavior you identify in the “Observing Problem Behaviors” video.
Assignment (1page)
Use the “Definitions of Behavior Worksheet” from this week’s Learning Resources to:
Rewrite each objective using observable and measurable terms.
Write a one-paragraph operational definition of the target behavior you identified in the video.
Be sure to support your Assignment with specific references to behavior-analytic theory and research. In addition to the Learning Resources, search the Walden Library and/or the internet for peer-reviewed articles to support your Assignment. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources.
Resources to use:
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
Chapter 3, “Selecting and Defining Target Behaviors” (pp. 48–72)
video: Walden University, LLC. (2019). Observing problem behaviors [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu
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