a. Write a hypothetical, traditional psychological description of why Racquel blurts out answers
According to the child psychologist that Racquel has been seeing, he describes in his assessment that Racuqel suffers from separation anxiety disorder. Due to her feeling the symptoms of her separation anxiety disorder, Racquel blurts out answers to make her feel better by reducing the symptoms of her separation anxiety disorder.
b. Write a behavior analytic explanation of Racquel’s behavior.
A behavior analytic explanation of Racquel’s behavior is the praise that Raquel receives contingent on her blurting out without raising her hand, functions as socially mediated positive reinforcement and we are able to know this explanation acts as reinforcement, due to the increased frequency of her blurting out answers in class.
10. Billy worked the night shift at the Broken Barrel pub last night, and is driving to class exhausted the next morning. He stops at Starbucks on the way to Florida Tech and buys a Venti caffe latte to wake himself up. Discuss this scenario in terms of …show more content…
According to Hawkins (1979), the first phase of the “Behavior Assessment Funnel” is the screening and general disposition phase. In the screening and disposition phase, the potential client is assessed if they are a good fit for the facility. Additionally, if the individual is not an appropriate fit for the facility, the facility that assessed the individual must refer the potential candidate to a more appropriate fitting facility. However, if the individual would be a good fit or perhaps maybe they would be a good fit, there must be a decision made about what other additional assessments must be conducted to confirm the appropriate fit. An example of this phase would be a child being a potential client due to excessive ear pulling. However, during the screening and general disposition phase, it may be deemed that the child should see a medical doctor first due to a possible ear
According to the child psychologist that Racquel has been seeing, he describes in his assessment that Racuqel suffers from separation anxiety disorder. Due to her feeling the symptoms of her separation anxiety disorder, Racquel blurts out answers to make her feel better by reducing the symptoms of her separation anxiety disorder.
b. Write a behavior analytic explanation of Racquel’s behavior.
A behavior analytic explanation of Racquel’s behavior is the praise that Raquel receives contingent on her blurting out without raising her hand, functions as socially mediated positive reinforcement and we are able to know this explanation acts as reinforcement, due to the increased frequency of her blurting out answers in class.
10. Billy worked the night shift at the Broken Barrel pub last night, and is driving to class exhausted the next morning. He stops at Starbucks on the way to Florida Tech and buys a Venti caffe latte to wake himself up. Discuss this scenario in terms of …show more content…
According to Hawkins (1979), the first phase of the “Behavior Assessment Funnel” is the screening and general disposition phase. In the screening and disposition phase, the potential client is assessed if they are a good fit for the facility. Additionally, if the individual is not an appropriate fit for the facility, the facility that assessed the individual must refer the potential candidate to a more appropriate fitting facility. However, if the individual would be a good fit or perhaps maybe they would be a good fit, there must be a decision made about what other additional assessments must be conducted to confirm the appropriate fit. An example of this phase would be a child being a potential client due to excessive ear pulling. However, during the screening and general disposition phase, it may be deemed that the child should see a medical doctor first due to a possible ear