Cait Woodhead

Intro to Applied behaviour analysis- Assignment 1

On task behaviour is defined as the amount of time spent in a sitting in a chair with legs
under the chair and head above it (unless otherwise instructed) and repeating or doing what the
instructor tells the child to do. I would measure the duration of time spent on task with
continuous recording. very time I was working with the child or watching someone work with a
child I would time how long the child spent on task.
!inching is defined as forcefully grasping skin between thumb and fingers including
times that there is no visible mark left behind. "he dimension of behaviour I would measure is
fre#uency and I would measure this in intervals. "his means that I would count the number of
pinches in a certain amount of time.