BehavioralAssessment：行为评估.pptVIP

Behavioral Assessment Types of behavioral assessment Interviews: clinician assesses behavior by asking questions and collecting information on the person’s verbal and nonverbal responses. Behavioral observation: psychologist collects verbal and nonverbal information about the person. usually there is no verbal interaction between the observer and the subject. Methodological Issues Reactivity to measurement: the phenomenon in which a person’s behavior changes by the mere fact that the behavior is being observed. Selection and training of observers. One must select observers that are going to be good at collecting information. This includes knowledge about the behaviors being observed, and being able to rate these behaviors reliably. Behavioral observations Appearance physical description dress hygiene Behavioral observations Behavior and attitude compliance activity level appropriateness of activity Behavioral observations Verbal behavior expressive language (e.g., clarity, vocabulary, appropriateness) receptive language (e.g., tracking, understanding) presence of bizarre language (e.g., neologisms, echolalia, perseverations) Behavioral observations Mood and affect current mood range of affect Intensity appropriateness Behavioral observations Cognitive processes thought process (e.g., flow of ideas, organization) thought content (e.g., delusions, obsessions, etc) attention orientation memory (person, place, and time) brief impression of intellect and insight/judgment Behavioral assessment Behavioral assessment tends to be restricted to samples of observable behavior. The best known type of behavioral assessment was established by B.F. Skinner in the 1950s and it is known as functional analysis. Functional analysis Observation of environmental events that serve to maintain behavior (usually problem behavior). To be a functional analysis, the observations must be conducted within an experimental design (e.g., control of the environment and reinforcements). F