1 Star Difficulty Flashcards
The three branches of the science of behaviour analysis are the:
a) experimental analysis of behaviour, behaviourism and Applied Behaviour Analysis
b) experimental analysis of behaviour, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Applied Behaviour Analysis
c) experimental analysis of behaviour, basic research and Applied Behaviour Analysis
d) experimental analysis of behaviour, gestalt and Applied Behaviour Analysis
a) experimental analysis of behaviour, behaviourism and Applied Behaviour Analysis
(1B)
Which of the following is a component of good teaching?
a) Technical
b) Fun
c) Subjective
d) Emotional
b) Fun
(1B)
Who is commonly attributed for discovering the law of effect?
a) Skinner
b) Watson
c) Thorndike
d) Baer
c) Thorndike
(1B)
Who is commonly considered the father of behaviourism?
a) Watson
b) Wolf
c) Risely
d) Pavlov
a) Watson
(1B)
Which of the following is a dimension of ABA as outlined by Baer, Wolf & Risley (1968)?
a) Empirical
b) Generality
c) Evidenced
d) Scientific
b) Generality
(1B)
What percentage of participants reached recovery in the Lovaas (1987) study?
a) 23%
b) 98%
c) 6%
d) 47%
d) 47%
(1B)
What was one of the primary lessons learned from Lovaas (1973)?
a) Parents should not be part of intervention
b) Need for parents to be trained
c) Children with autism cannot learn
d) Intervention can only be implemented to young children
b) Need for parents to be trained
(1B)
In the Lovaas (1987) study, what was the criteria for best outcome?
a) IQ, school placement and diagnosis
b) IQ, school placement and funding
c) School placement, diagnosis and parents reporting
d) School placement, parent reporting and sibling reporting
a) IQ, school placement and diagnosis
(1B)
What is one aspect of the learner that is assessed when using clinical judgement?
a) Availability
b) Receptivity
c) Private events
d) Subjectivity
b) Receptivity
(1C)
What is the crux of progressive ABA?
a) Protocols
b) Training
c) Intensive treatment
d) Clinical judgement
d) Clinical judgement
(1C)
What is a definition of a progressive approach to ABA?
a) Adherence to ABA protocols
b) Combining the science and art of ABA
c) The science of ABA
d) Combing various interventions
b) Combining the science and art of ABA
(1C)
What is one component of ridgid ABA?
a) Unvarying adherence to protocols
b) Early intensive intervention
c) Parent education and training
d) Implementing comprehensive curriculum
a) Unvarying adherence to protocols
(1C)
“The duration, rate, frequency, etc. of behaviour absent of any restrictions” is the definition of which of the following terms?
a) Free operant
b) Controlled operant
c) Operant
d) Respondent
a) Free operant
(3B)
“A stimulus change that follows a behaviour of interest” is the definition of which of the following terms?
a) Antecedent
b) Consequence
c) Establishing operation
d) Motivating operation
b) Consequence
(3B)
“Environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur prior to the behaviour of interest” is the definition of which of the following terms?
a) Consequence
b) Antecedent
c) Establishing operation
d) Motivating reinforcer
b) Antecedent
(3B)
“A group of responses with the same function” best describes a:
a) generalization class
b) response
c) generalized operant
d) response class
d) response class
(3B)
Having a learner select which items they like prior to teaching following a systematic protocol to identify hierarchy of potential preferences is known as which of the following?
a) Informal preference assessments
b) Formal preference assessments
c) Formal reinforcement assessments
d) Informal reinforcement assessments
b) Formal preference assessments
(4C)
One problem with informal interviews to identify potential reinforcers is they are not:
a) evidence-based
b) useful
c) reliable
d) comprehensive
c) reliable
(4C)
Providing free access to a variety of stimuli for the purposes of identifying potential reinforcers is best described by which of the following?
a) Free operant preference assessment
b) Paired stimulus preference assessment
c) Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment
d) In-the-moment reinforcer analysis
a) Free operant preference assessment
(4C)
Providing a learner with a series of choices between two items in an effort to identify potential reinforcers best describes which of the following?
a) Free operant preference assessment
b) Multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment
c) Paired stimulus preference assessment
d) In-the-moment reinforcer analysis
c) Paired stimulus preference assessment
(4C)
Presenting an array of items and asking the learner select one item and then putting the item back in the array after the selection in an effort to identify potential reinforcers best describes which of the following?
a) In-the-moment reinforcer analysis
b) Paired stimulus preference assessment
c) Multiple stimulus preference assessment
d) Free operant preference assessment
c) Multiple stimulus preference assessment
(4C)