Instruments and Procedures for Assessing Behavior and Conduct Differ from Measures

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Essay

Instruments and procedures for assessing behavior and conduct differ from measures of cognitive and academic behavior.Name and describe four types of instruments and procedures for assessing behavior.Describe three ways that behavior assessments are different than measures of cognitive and academic behavior.

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Definitions:

Phonemes

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another in a given language.

Morphemes

The smallest meaningful units of language.

Stroop Effect

A cognitive phenomenon demonstrating the interference in reaction time when the color of words on a test and the words themselves have different meanings.

Ink Color

The hue or shade of ink, often used as a stimulus in psychological tests to investigate cognitive processes such as attention and memory.