Celeste observes her client and marks whether or not a behavior is occurring at the end of a designated interval. Celeste is using Momentary Time Sampling
Discontinuous data collection involves marking only a sample of behavior during an observation. This can be done by dividing an observation into equal duration intervals, and scoring the occurrence or nonoccurrence of behavior within each interval and so on.
<em>Types of discontinuous data collection</em> include<em> Partial Interval Recording, Whole interval recording, Momentary Time Sampling, Planned Activity Check.</em>
Momentary Time Sampling involves marking the interval if the behavior occurs at a designated point.
The operant condition is also called the shaping of the behavior that occurs based on the teaching of the newly learned behavior and is prompting to the leaning of the behavior through the reinforcement and thus the conditioners are able to motivate to obtain that sort of behavior. Thereby conditioning is done to the external stimulus and the observations are made in a closed setting.