Shaniqua is a 6-year-old girl in first grade. She has been referred for behavioral services due to property destruction. The target response class has been specified as "destroying school property" and has been operationally defined

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Assignment 3
Consider the following scenario:
Shaniqua is a 6-year-old girl in first grade. She has been referred for behavioral services due to property destruction. The target response class has
been specified as "destroying school property" and has been operationally defined to include the following responses: (1) ripping papers such as
worksheets or pages from a textbook, (2) writing on furniture such as school desks or tables, (3) and breaking school supplies such as pencils and
crayons. The behavior analyst has conducted indirect and descriptive assessments but feels that it would be helpful to conduct a functional analysis of
the problem behavior to help pinpoint the primary function of this behavior.
For this assignment you will do the following:
1) Explain how to conduct a functional analysis of the target problem behavior in this scenario using the 5 basic test conditions typically included in a
FA. For each test condition, be sure to include how you would set up the antecedent conditions (motivating operations) and consequences for the
problem behavior. (Hint: You can refer to the text and the videos provided in Lesson 2 of this course, as well as c. 27 in Cooper et al. (2020),
particularly Table 27.1. Be sure to write your answers in your own words to receive full credit.)
2) For the sake of this assignment, assume that you conducted each of the functional analysis test conditions three times, for a total of 15 test
sessions that each lasted 10 minutes. Please make up hypothetical data showing the number of occurrences of property destruction (as defined in the
scenario) during each of the fifteen 10-minute test sessions.
You need to present your hypothetical data using either a graph or a table.
A) You may construct a graph that looks similar to the one below, except you will have 5 different test conditions with 3 sessions of each, so your
X-axis will be numbered from 1 to 15. You also will be observing the number of occurrences of property destruction per 10-minute session, so this
will go on the y-axis. The title should be "Functional Analysis of Destroying School Property." You should have a legend/key to reflect what each of
the 5 test conditions is.