Identify and Describe Three Methods for Conducting a Functional Assessment

question 32

Essay

Identify and describe three methods for conducting a functional assessment of a problem behavior.

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Definitions:

States of Consciousness

The different levels of awareness of one's thoughts, feelings, and experiences, ranging from fully alert to various stages of sleep.

Selective Attention

Selective attention is the cognitive process of focusing on a particular object or task in the environment for a certain period, while ignoring irrelevant informations.

Cocktail Party Effect

The brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much like when a person can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, due to the focus being elsewhere.