Data Collection
Functions of Behavior
100

How long a behavior occurs for

What is duration?

100

Examples of this function include receiving verbal praise or getting noticed

What is attention?

200

How many times a behavior occurs in a session

What is frequency/rate?

200

Examples of this function include avoiding work task or demand

What is escape?
300

What A, B, and C stands for in ABC data

What is antecedent, behavior, and consequence?

300

Examples of this function include tapping a pen or picking skin

What is sensory?

400

Measuring a behavior in intervals rather than every instance of behavior

What is time sampling?

400

Examples of this function include gaining access to a preferred item or activity

What is tangible?

500

Client receives a + for the behavior if it occurs at any point in a time interval

What is partial interval recording?

500

Another term for behavior that serves a sensory function

What is automatic reinforcement?