Exam 9: Assessment of Behavior

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.

Academic engaged time is a technical term that simply means how long a student is required to be in class during the school day.

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 ___.

The school guidance counselor comes into your room to observe a student, Susan. The counselor notices that Susan spent 15 minutes of the 43-minute class time walking around the room. The counselor obtained these data by performing what type of method?

These assessments are used to analyze a student's feelings by what the student projects into the story card or other stimulus.

Which students have made mutual choices?

Direct observation enables the observer to note how often a behavior occurs and to establish which of the following?

Prior to beginning a behavioral observation, which of the following must be determined?

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?

Which of the following is an assessment that utilizes multiple components to determine the specific purpose of targeted behaviors?

Using the anecdotal format for observation provides a basis for analyzing the ABCs of behavior. What are the ABCs (and define each)?

Define the term tantrum in behavioral terms.

Projective techniques are used to assess the student's feelings when shown various stimuli.

Lists of academic or behavioral skills that the respondent completes by checking the appropriate responses.

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.

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.

Which students seem to be isolated from their peers?

What additional important information was obtained in the functional interview?

What is a manifestation determination and why would a student need one?

What are the characteristics that students may demonstrate in order to be found eligible under the category of emotional disturbance?