Deck 1 Flashcards
While taking on a new individual you are trying to identify potential target behaviors to address in a behavior support plan. Which of the following questions would best help identify a behavioral cusp?
A. Is the behavior difficult to change?
B. Will the Behavior allow access to new environments?
C. What typically occurs immediately following the behavior?
D. How well is the individual already able to do the behavior
B. Will the Behavior allow access to new environments?
While conducting discrete trials with Gina, you show her a card with the number “10” on it, and instruct that “10” is the same as “ten” which was written on another card. During the next session you show her the “ten” card, and ask her to find the one that matches with an array. Gina correctly identifies the “10” card. Which level of stimulus equivalence did Gina demonstrate? A. Symmetry B. Reflexivity C. Transitivity D. Generality
A. Symmetry
Silas was late for school and skipped breakfast. Before lunch, Silas’ teacher told her students that each student may leave for lunch as soon as they finish their worksheet. Silas was the first one done, and went to eat lunch. Which of the following was a motivating operation for finishing the worksheet to go to lunch? A. Silas was late for school/AO B. Silas was late for school/ EO C. Silas skipped breakfast/EO D. Silas skipped breakfast/ AO
C. Silas skipped breakfast/EO
Which of the following is the best example of implementing a token economy with a response cost?
A) The individual earns tokens for appropriate behavior and loses tokens for inappropriate behavior.
B) The learner earns tokens according to specified criteria for earning those tokens and a detailed cost of exchanging those tokens.
C) When the individual engages in appropriate behavior they earn an edible reward, when they engage in inappropriate behavior, their edible rewards are removed.
D) A list of backup reinforcers that are available should be established and displayed for the learner.
A) The individual earns tokens for appropriate behavior and loses tokens for inappropriate behavior.
Miller has reached his target goal of completing 10 pages of reading each day. His progress was evident following extensive interventions including receiving a token after each page he read. Which of the following should occur to effectively maintain Miller’s progress?
A. Ensure the behavior is being reinforced on a continuous schedule of reinforcement
B. Reinforce the final response in a behavior chain
C. Allow for a post reinforcement pause prior to beginning to fade the intervention
D. Move to an intermittent schedule of reinforcement
D. Move to an intermittent schedule of reinforcement
When teaching your client how to send a text message to their friend, you break the task into 8 steps. The steps started with “1) Enter passcode in to phone.” And ended with “8) Press the send button when finished entering your message.”
During the first session you prompt the client to enter the passcode in to the phone. You then complete the remainder of the steps without prompting the client. This exemplifies which type of chaining procedure? A. Chaining with a limited hold B. Forward Chaining C. Backward Chaining D. Total Task Chaining
B. Forward Chaining
Eloise is sleep training her toddler. She puts the child in the bed, and will go and check on the child when they are crying. However, Eloise will not check on the child more than every 15 minutes. Eloise is likely reinforcing crying on which schedule of reinforcement? A. VI 15-min B. FR 15-min C. FR 1 D. FI 15-min
D. FI 15-minute
Shortly after implementing a response cost, Hassan sends a questionnaire to the client’s family and teacher asking questions such as: “Removal of tokens is helping the person improve their behavior," with a Likert scale next to it. What is Hassan most likely testing? A. Internal Validity B. Social Validity C. External Validity D. Effectiveness of the intervention
B. Social Validity
A parent asks, “What is a response cost? I see that written in my child’s behavior support plan.” Which of the following would be the best response?
A. “The response cost is the method for teaching your child to request for his iPad appropriately.”
B. “This intervention is a negative punishment procedure that occurs by removing an appetitive stimulus contingent on the occurrence of a target behavior.”
C. “This refers to the intervention of removing your child’s tokens whenever he begins to yell or hit.”
D. “There is actually quite a bit of literature on response costs. Let me send you some articles you can check out!”
C. “This refers to the intervention of removing your child’s tokens whenever he begins to yell or hit.”
Stanley’s interresponse time of asking questions in the classroom increased due to the implemented intervention. Which of the following is the most accurate statement about Stanley’s behavior?
A. Stanley is asking questions more often.
B. Stanley is asking longer questions.
C. Stanley is asking shorter questions.
D. Stanley is asking questions less often.
D. Stanley is asking questions less often.
You receive a text message from Luna’s parent. They report that Luna has been ripping her clothing for attention. They request immediate assistance with a behavior support plan so their family can address this behavior. What should the behavior analyst do?
A. Create an initial behavior plan due to the urgency, then conduct a functional behavior assessment to verify that they are addressing the correct function.
B. Recommend a medical consultation.
C. Conduct a functional behavior assessment prior to making treatment recommendations.
D. Give them some tips (without writing a plan). If those do not work, consider further assessment and a behavior plan.
C. Conduct a functional behavior assessment prior to making treatment recommendations.
While conducting a functional analysis during an ignore condition, the client engages in their target behavior. What should the behavior analyst do? A. Implement extinction B. No environment change C. Punish the behavior D. Provide Attention
D. Provide Attention
One of the disadvantages of a functional analysis is that it may reinforce or increase inappropriate behavior due to the method of the assessment.
Juan’s phone has parental controls which will not allow the phone to be unlocked between the hours of 10pm and 6am. Juan has tried to get on his phone after 10pm, but he was unable to get around the parental controls. Now, at exactly 10pm every night Juan plugs his phone in to charge, and doesn’t attempt to use it until after 6am. In this scenario, the behavior of interest is attempting to use his phone. With relation to this target behavior, what type of stimulus are the hours between 10pm and 6am?/What type of stimulus are the hours between 6am and 10pm? A. SΔ/ SD B. SD/ SΔ C. EO/AO D. AO/EO
A. SΔ/ SD
The SΔ occurs when reinforcement for attempting to use the phone is not available. The SD is when reinforcement is available
Which of the following is a trial-based preference assessment that may be used to identify putative reinforcers? A. Contrived Observation B. Single Stimulus C. Naturalistic observation D. Interview the individual
B. Single Stimulus
Crying occurred during 50% of the 10 sessions measured using partial interval recording. Which of the following is true about crying in this scenario?
A. Crying may have occurred during only 4 sessions
B. Crying may have occurred during 6 sessions
C. 50% is likely an overestimate of the actual occurrence of crying
D. Crying only occurred during 5 sessions.
D. Crying only occurred during 5 sessions.
Romina is teaching her client to brush his teeth. Romina has created a task analysis and plans on conducting forward chaining using most-to-least prompting. The first step in the task analysis is opening the toothpaste, and the last step is putting the toothbrush away. Which step will Romina likely prompt her client to complete first, and what type of prompt would be most fitting?
A. Open the toothpaste with full-physical prompts
B. Open the toothpaste with verbal prompts
C. Put the toothbrush away with full-physical prompts
D. Put the toothbrush away with verbal prompts
A. Open the toothpaste with full-physical prompts
