Functional analysis of behavior

Functional analysis of behavior

1. Definition

   • Its object of analysis is the behavior of people
   • Why does an organism behave as it does?
   • Basic clinical tool of all psychological therapy

2. Steps to develop the functional model of behaviorIntroduction

   • Identify antecedents and consequences that control it or are functionally related to it
   • Identify structural variables of the organism and the environment
   • Formulate hypotheses that explain why the behavior occurs
   • Describe at a topographical level said behavior (form, duration, intensity)

3. Functional hypotheses to fulfill

   • Based on prior information
   • That the patient agrees that the model is plausible
   • Specify variables that are measurable, testable and manipulable