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A METHOD FOR RECORDING VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN FREE‐PLAY SETTINGS
Author(s) -
Nordquist Vey M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1971.4-327
Subject(s) - psychology , nonverbal communication , test (biology) , developmental psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , audiology , cognitive psychology , medicine , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The present study attempted to test the reliability of a new method of recording verbal behavior in a free‐play preschool setting. Six children, three normal and three speech impaired, served as subjects. Videotaped records of verbal behavior were scored by two experimentally naive observers. The results suggest that the system provides a means of obtaining reliable records of both normal and impaired speech, even when the subjects exhibit nonverbal behaviors (such as hyperactivity) that interfere with direct observation techniques.