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Contingency

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can be either a reinforcement or punishment that occurs after a behavior has been expressed by an individual or group.

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Three Term Contingency

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Antecedent/Motivating Operation & Trigger - Behavior - Consequence also known as ABCs of Behavior.
A/M.O&T - Bx - C

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ABC Data Collection

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In which you record what happened before the behavior occurred (antecedent), record what the behavior looked like (behavior), & record the what happened immediately after the behavior (consequence).

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Antecedent (A)

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A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another; known as the Trigger.

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Trigger (T)

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Also known as the Antecedent (A), is what happened immediately before the behavior to cause it.
Can be divided into three categories: Environmental triggers include factors such as noise, lighting, or specific objects in the environment. Social triggers involve interactions with others, such as attention or social demands. Internal triggers refer to physiological or emotional factors that may influence behavior.

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Motivating Operation (M.O)

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The function or what was driving the behavior (Bx).
It fulfills the consequences & motivates the subject to reach contentment.

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Three States of M.O

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Satiation, Contentment, & Deprivation

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Satiation

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➕ Too much or tired of it. It’ll decrease the value of an idea/stimulus. (Don’t want to reach this state)

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Contentment

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🟰 The state in which every subject wants to achieve.

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Deprivation

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➖ Wanting something, not enough or empty, the lack of something.

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Five Functions of M.O

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Attention, Automatic, Avoidance, Escape, & Tangible.

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Attention

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Can be specific or any; showing off or being the center of attention.

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Automatic

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Emotions & Sensory. A private event that cannot be seen by any other person, thoughts, feelings, illness, pain, starvation, etc…
- Can be just Automatic without a state of M.O

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Avoidance

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Is before anything happens then left before it does.
- Cannot be in deprivation because when they avoid what they are going to do, it is fulfilled automatically.

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Escape

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Is in the middle of something, then leaving.

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Tangible

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Items or activities; anything that can be accessed people, food, drink, toys, outside, home, wanted/needed items, etc…

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Behavior (Bx)

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What the person did.
What was the behavior.
Anything client does.

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Consequence (C)

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  • What was the consequence the client received (reinforced/punishment).
  • What happened personally to subject.
  • What happened immediately after.
  • Going to fill the M.O, (ex: Tangible fulfilled)
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Fulfilled & Maintained

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Fulfilled - If the M.O was completed.
Maintained - If the M.O kept going.

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Environmental Consequences (EC)

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  • Measurement of intensity of the behavior in the environment.
  • What changes were there in the environment.
  • This determines the intensity of the behavior.
    Example: moving everything out of the room, someone getting hit, what the tech told the subject.
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Contriving an M.O

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Task Demand

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A set number of times the Bx must be performed before they are reinforced.

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Ratios

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Schedules based on set amount of responses.

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Ratio

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Schedules based on time period that has elapsed before providing a reinforcer.

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Intervals

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_______ schedules show when a client needs to be reinforced.
Consequence
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What are the 5 continuous measurements?
Frequency, Duration, Latency, Rate, & IRT
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What are the 4 Consequence Schedule Terms?
F - Fixed/Doesn’t Change V - Variable/Varied R - Ratio/Trials I - Interval/Time
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What is Continuous Reinforcement?
A schedule in which the therapist reinforces every correct response of the target Bx.
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A child getting a cookie every time she requests a item is an example of ___?
Continuous Reinforcement
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What is an example of a VR5 for client eating a new vegetable?
Reinforcer following average of 5 bites.
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What is an example of a FR1 for client eating a new vegetable?
Reinforcer following each bite.
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Is Intermittent Reinforcement less prone to extinction/the Bx stopping, T or F?
True.
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What is Intermittent Reinforcement used for?
To maintain training.
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What 2 schedules use Intermittent Reinforcement, that does not occur after every response?
Ratio & Interval Schedules
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Giving reinforcement every 3 responses is an example of what reinforcement?
Intermittent
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Martha stops providing a treat every time the dog sits, & provides a treat after the dog sits 3 times is an example of what reinforcement?
Intermittent
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A child getting a cookie after saying 5 complements to his sister is an example of what reinforcement?
Intermittent
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What is a Fixed Ratio (FR)?
A fixed amount of times a Bx is to be performed before being reinforced.
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What is a set schedule with no changes?
Fixed Ratio (FR)
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What does an FR3 mean?
Reinforcer after every 3 responses.
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Giving reinforcer after every 2 blocks correctly placed into the form box is an example of schedule of reinforcement?
FR2
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An average of times a Bx occurs, elicited, or performed is what schedule of reinforcement?
Varied Ratio (VR)
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What schedule of reinforcement is based on the average number or responses?
Varied Ratio (VR)
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What schedule of reinforcement does not have set schedule of responses?
Varied Ratio (VR)
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Reinforce on the first correct response after an average number of responses (1,2,3,4) is an example of what schedule of reinforcement?
VR2 - Varied Ratio
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Reinforcer on the average of 3 correct responses the client responses is an example of what reinforcement?
VR3
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A set schedule of time or fixed amount of time before providing reinforcement is an example of ____?
Fixed Interval (FI)
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Providing reinforcement on the first correct response after 5 minutes has past is an example of ___?
Fixed Interval (FI)
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What does an FI3 mean?
Reinforce after every 3 minutes.
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What does an FI5 mean?
Reinforce after every 5 minutes.
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An average amount of time when someone gets reinforced is an example of a ____?
Varied Interval (VI)
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Reinforce after an average of 3 minutes have passed is an example of a ____?
VI3
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What can occur if the reinforcement schedule was thinned to quickly and the amount of requests required to earn reinforcement is too large?
Ratio Strain
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An antecedent stimuli used to evoke a correct response.
Prompts
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What is Fading?
Most to least and least to most.
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A set amount of responses?
FR1, FR3, FR5
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A set amount of time?
FI1, FI3, FI5
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An average amount of responses?
VR2, VR4, VR7
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An average amount of time?
VI3, VI8, VI10
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How much supervision should you need as a RBT?
5% of your working hours.
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What are the 3 discontinuous measurements?
Partial Interval recording Whole Interval recording Momentary Time Sampling
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How do you maintain client dignity?
Show respect and make the client feel comfortable during sessions.
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What is Permanent Product Recording?
Measuring the outcome of the product of the Bx, without watching the client.
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Telling the client to clean their room and you come back an hour later to see if they completed the task is an example of what type of recording ___?
Permanent Product Recording
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What is backward chaining?
Training begins the link with the last Bx in the sequence.
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What is a behavior chain?
A sequence of Bx that must be performed correctly.
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What is Partial Interval Recording?
It records the presence of or absence of a Bx during a brief interval (quantity) of time.
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What is the most used discontinuous measurement?
Partial Interval Recording
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What is Whole Interval Recording?
Recording the presence or absence of Bx if it occurs during the entire interval (quantity).
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What is Momentary Time Sampling?
Recording the presence or absence of Bx that last 2 - 4 seconds of the interval (quantity).
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What is forward chaining?
Training begins the link with the first Bx in the sequence.

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