Functional Analysis Of Behavior

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A number of procedures are often described as a “Functional analysis” of behavior.

Definition: Procedures where either antecedents and consequences or consequences alone are  systematically manipulated to evaluate the  effects of their presence or absence on rates of behavior. A  functional analysis may take any one of the following forms:

1. Analog Functional Analyses:

2. Trial based Functional Analyses:

3.  Single Subject Experimental designs may be considered an “analysis” in conditions where the subject of the analysis is the “function” of a specific behavior or behaviors

 

All of these systematic manipulations and this they are functional analyses of behavior. A common misconception is that the term functional analysis refers only to  an analog functional analysis.

 

General Practice Guidelines:

 

Sarah E Bloom, Brian A Iwata, Jennifer N Fritz, Eileen M Roscoe, Abbey B Carreau
J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Spring; 44(1): 19–31. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-19
 
Michael M Mueller, Ajamu Nkosi, Jeffrey F Hine
J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Winter; 44(4): 807–818. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-807
 
Danielle N Dolezal, Patricia F Kurtz
J Appl Behav Anal. 2010 Summer; 43(2): 309–314. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-309
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