What This Document Is
This is a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) completed by a student, Armeon Brown, for PSY 7712 Behavior Analytic Assessments at Capella University, under the guidance of Audrey Falkenstein. It applies FBA principles to the fictional character Klaus Mikaelson from the TV show "The Originals," analyzing challenging behaviors like stealing, aggression, and property destruction.
Why This Document Matters
This assignment is intended for students in an Applied Behavior Analysis program. It demonstrates a student’s ability to apply the FBA process – including indirect assessment, descriptive assessment, and contingency analysis – to a case study. It’s a component of the tenth week’s coursework in Measurement and Research in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This is a student assignment and represents a learning exercise. It is based on observed behaviors from a fictional source and does not represent a real-world clinical assessment. The analysis is limited by the available information about the character.
What This Document Provides
The full document includes: a reason for referral outlining the target behaviors, an overview of the purpose of an FBA, a detailed look at an indirect assessment using Hanley’s ISCA Open-Ended Interview, and discussion of baseline and ABC data collection. This preview only provides the introduction and overview of the assessment approach. It does *not* include the full results of the assessments, contingency analysis, or a proposed intervention plan.