Clinical Psych Keyterms Chap 9

Stimulus conditions, or conditions that lead up to the behavior of interest

An assessment approach that focuses on the interactions between situations and behaviors for the purpose of effecting behavioral change.

Interviews conducted for the purpose of identifying a problem behavior, the situational factors that maintain the behavior, and the consequences that result from the behavior.

Role-playing

is usually used in cases where the patient is trying to develop a new response pattern

An assessment approach recognizing that the person’s thoughts or cognitions play an important role in behavior.

An assessment approach that calls for the functional analysis of the client’s thinking processes.

In this approach, the clinician completes a careful analysis of theperson’s cognitions, how they are aiding orinterfering with performance, and under whatsituations this is occurring

Outcomes, or events that follow from the behavior of interest.

An observational method in which the clinician exerts a certain amount of purposeful control over the events being observed

also known as analogue behavioral observation

Controlled Observation (other term)

may be preferred in situations where a behavior does not occur very often on its own or where normal events are likely to draw the patient outside the observer’s range.

An assess ment procedure in which the clinician places individuals in carefully controlled performance situations and collects data on their performance/ behaviors, their emotional reactions (subjectively rated), and/or various psychophysiological indices.

Completed by the client, it provides the client and therapist with a record of the client’s automatic thoughts that are related to dysphoria or depression.

A new method of behavioral assessment in which participants record their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors as they occur in the natural environment.

This is typically accomplished through the use ofelectronic diaries.

In the context of behavioral assessment, the extent to which the behaviors analyzed or observed are representative of a person’s typical behavior

A technique used in behavior assessment in which individuals carry handheld computers that are programmed to prompt the individuals to complete assessments at that moment in time, in participants’ natural environment.

A central feature of behavioral assessment

careful analyses are made of the stimuli preceding a behavior and the consequences following from it to gain a precise understanding of the causes of the behavior.

Observation that is carried out in the patient’s home by trained observers using an appropriate observational rating system.

Observation that is carried out in psychiatric hospitals or institutions using an observational device designed for that purpose.

A primary technique of behavioral assessment

is often used to gain a better understanding of the frequency, strength, and pervasiveness of the problem behavior as well as the factors that are maintaining it

A phenomenon in which observers who work closely together subtly, and without awareness, begin to drift away in their ratings from those of other observers.

Physical, physiological, or cognitive characteristics of the client that are important for both the conceptualization of the client’s problem and the formulation of effective treatments.

Used to assess central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, or skeletomotor activity

is that they may assess processes (e.g., emotional responsivity) that are not directly assessed by self-report or behavioral measures, and they tend to be more sensitive measures of these processes than alternative measures.

Examples of Psychophysiological Measures (4)

In the context of observation, the phenomenon in which individuals respond to the fact that they are being observed by changing their behavior.

A technique in which patients are directed to respond the way they would typically respond if they were in a given situation. The situation may be described to them, or an assistant may actually act the part of another person.

—that is, the goal is to gather examples that are representative of the situations and behaviors of interest.

Behavioral observation that is conducted in the school setting.

An observational technique in which individuals observe and record their own behaviors, thoughts, or emotions (including information on timing, frequency, intensity, and duration).

that is, the goal is to identify marks of underlying characteristics.

A controlled observation technique in which the clinician places individuals in situations more or less similar to those of real life and then observes their reactions directly

A model for conceptualizing clinical problems from a behavioral perspective.

Meaning of SORC model.

the length of time observations will be made and the type and number of responses that will be rated