Assessment RBT

Question 1

Operational definitions

Answer 1

describe the concepts in a manner that anyone can see and measure.

Question 2

A good operational definition should be:

Answer 2

objective: observable aspects of behavior (hitting) not unobservable internal states (frustration)
clean: a person who has never seen the behavior can “act it out” from the definition.
complete: includes all the information necessary for you to discriminate between the behavior and the other behavior that similar but do not count.

Question 3

Private event

Answer 3

is a behavior that can’t be observed mechanically or by another person.

Question 4

Public event

Answer 4

is a behavior that can be observed

Question 5

Preference assessment

Answer 5

are observations or trial-based evaluation that allow practitioners to determine a preference hierarchy of reinforcements.

Question 6

Free operant

Answer 6

contrived

• ask the target person
• asking significant other

naturalistic
-observe in natural environment

Question 7

Trial-based

Answer 7

single stimulus

paired stimuli

multiple stimuli

multiple stimuli with replacement and without

Question 8

single stimulus

Answer 8

present one item at a time to the learner and record whether he interacted with it or makes no response to it.

Question 9

paired stimuli

Answer 9

present a pair of possible reinforcers then, allow the learner to only choose one and record the percentage that item was chosen.

Question 10

multiple stimuli without replacement

Answer 10

(WSWO) after the learner chooses an item, that item is not placed in the array of items when presenting the next trial.

Question 11

multiple stimuli with replacement

Answer 11

(WSM) all the items except the one the leaner chose are replace

Question 12

The function of problem behavior

Answer 12

The function of a behavior is the reason people behave in a certain way.

Positive Reinforcement
-getting something

Negative Reinforcement
-getting out of something

Question 13

Narrative ABC data

Answer 13

you write down happens immidiately before and after the beahavior

Question 14

Structured ABC data

Answer 14

A data sheet that has specific categories of antecedents, behavior, and consequences

Question 15

FBA and intervention

Answer 15

when the function of a problem behavior has been identified, intervention can consist of

alterning antecedent variable

alterning consequence variable

teaching alternative behavior

Question 16

PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING AN FBA

Answer 16

To determine the purpose and intent of the client’s problematic behavior.
Once you know the “why”, you can figure out the best way to decrease the behavior.

Question 17

4 PRIMARY REASONS/FUNCTIONS OF BEHAVIOR

Answer 17

1. Attention
2. Escape/Avoidance
3. Access to Tangibles
4. Automatic/Sensory

Question 18

3 TERM CONTINGENCY

Answer 18

Foundation aspect of ABA and are always occurring. It known as the A-B-C’s.:

1. Antecedent (A)
2. Behavior (B)
3. Consequence (C)

When A happens, I do B and when I do B, C happens

Question 19

Direct observation means that

Answer 19

a trained observer directly witnesses behavior and immediately records that it occurred