Cognitive Behavior Analysis

“Cognition may be the most important requirement of activity participation, since the mind regulates body movement as well as other behavioral aspects of participation” (Stumbo & Peterson, 2004, p. 198). There are a moderate amount of rules to remember; such as what each card means, to say “UNO” if you or another player has one card left, and remembering what color or number you need to match with if it is your turn. The complexity of the rules is simple since the action needed is on the card. An example is when a skip card is played the turn skips to the next person or going in the reverse direction if you discarded a reverse card. These cards may be played only if they match the color of the card discarded before hand. This is a fairly easy

198) UNO’s degree of strategy was rated at a four due to some strategy being needed in the game of UNO. If a player has a draw four wild card it is strategic to, hold onto that card until you do not have a number or color card to match the discarded card, or play it if you see the next player is about to get UNO. The player may want to discard the draw four wild to change the color to one they may have in their hand, so they run out of cards faster, or the opponent will not be one card away from winning,

As a player you do not want to share your strategy or what cards you hold because the game is considered “every man for himself” in nature since you want to be the first to say UNO and win. The only other time you are required to talk is if you discard a wild card, you must verbalize the color you wish to change it to. This ties with the degree of concentration needed for a game of UNO. The level of concentration as scored at a 3 due to needing to be aware of how many cards each player has, what the color or number that needs to be matched, what direction or who’s turn it is, if the discard pile needs to be re-shuffled so people have cards to pick up, and concentration on your strategy, if you have one. UNO does not require constant concentration such as racquetball. This allows players to socialize with each other if they choose. Abstract thinking was rated lower then concrete thinking. Abstract thinking might be used when thinking of a strategy to influence another player, but concrete thinking is used more often in UNO to simply match your potential card to the color or number of the prior discarded