Deck 4 Flashcards
Which of the following is true regarding the setting of a functional analysis?
A. Functional analyses should not occur in the clinical setting
B. It is most appropriate to conduct a functional analysis in the setting where the individual is the most calm.
C. Interviewing parents is typically sufficient for conducting a functional analysis.
D. Conducting a functional analysis in the classroom may disrupt other students.
D. Conducting a functional analysis in the classroom may disrupt other students.
Rafael’s supervisor made a post on social media, publicly thanking Rafael for arriving to work on time. Following this post, Rafael was less likely to arrive at work on time. Which of the following contingencies appears to have occurred? A. Positive Reinforcement B. Negative Reinforcement C. Positive Punishment D. Negative Punishment
C. Positive Punishment
Due to a lack of staffing, and you were unable to implement many sessions for your client this past month. This staffing shortage has been resolved for the time being, though services were impacted for a time. Which of the following may be beneficial in this circumstance?
A. Write a monthly progress note outlining the limitations of providing services.
B. Talk with the client’s support team about what progress we may have seen, if we’d had staffing available.
C. The concern has been resolved, so nothing more needs to be done.
D. Update the client’s interventions to account for a shortage of staffing.
A. Write a monthly progress note outlining the limitations of providing services.
Which of the following is NOT true about imitation training?
A. Imitation training requires the learner to have attending skills as a prerequisite.
B. Most children gain imitation skills without contrived reinforcement arrangements.
C. Imitation training is a dated technique that is usually unethical to implement.
D. Generalized imitation is typically a goal of imitation training.
C. Imitation training is a dated technique that is usually unethical to implement.
Zak is a new client receiving your services. His parents brought him in to your services to help address problem behaviors as well as to teach Zak new skills. Which of the following is an example of an indirect assessment that you may conduct at the onset of service?
A. ABC Data
B. A behavior checklist
C. Criterion- referenced assessment
D. Functional analysis
B. A behavior checklist
While training a small group of employees, Alexa has a slideshow with a script that she follows every time she does this training with a new set of employees. Part of the training involves the employees responding in unison to review the content Alexa went over in the slideshow. This teaching modality most closely follows which strategy? A. Personalized system of instruction B. Precision teaching C. Imitation teaching D. Direct Instruction
D. Direct Instruction
Ravi’s treatment package to address toileting includes setting up EOs to use the bathroom, a sitting schedule, and a reinforcement system where Ravi earns an edible each time he successfully voids in the toilet. If you were conducting a component analysis for Ravi, which of the following is most likely to be your research question?
A. How many edible reinforcers do you need to deliver
B. Is the sitting schedule or the reinforcement program more essential to Ravi’s toilet training.
C. What is the function of toileting accidents?
D. Are there any medical components affecting Ravi’s toileting?
B. Is the sitting schedule or the reinforcement program more essential to Ravi’s toilet training.
While conducting echoic to tact discrete trials with Lowell, the behavior technician holds up a yo-yo and requests, “Say yo-yo.” After he says "yo-yo," which reinforcer would be most appropriate to provide Lowell? A. The yo-yo B. Removal of the toy C. Praise D. The behavior technician says, "yo-yo"
C. Praise
Explanation: Generalized reinforcement is provided during echoic and tact verbal operants. If the trial was mand training, the yo-yo would be a more appropriate reinforcer.
Which of the following is not a measurable dimension of behavior? A. Topography B. Magnitude C. Celeration D. Intent
D. Intent
A teacher has all of her students’ names written on individual wooden craft sticks. She draws a name at random to start each day, and asks that student to spell a word they have recently learned. If that student is correct, the entire class is given an extra 15 minutes during recess that day. Which group contingency does this example demonstrate?
A. Independent group contingency
B. Interdependent group contingency
C. Dependent group contingency
D. Good Behavior Game
D. Good Behavior Game
While reviewing ABC data that were collected in the natural environment, you notice that the most common antecedents include the parents talking to the child’s siblings or the parents leaving for work. The behavior of concern is shouting. The most common consequences include the parents taking away the child’s tablet and delivering a reprimand to the child. Based on these results which of the following interventions would not be a function-based intervention?
A. Give the child access to the tablet on a time-based schedule
B. Provide frequent attention to the child throughout the day
C. Ignore shouting
D. Provide attention when the child appropriately requests.
A. Give the child access to the tablet on a time-based schedule
As Jen’s overcorrection procedure was discontinued there was an increase in her target behavior “property destruction." Identify this phenomenon. A. Behavioral contrast B. Extinction C. Recovery from punishment D. Maintenance
C. Recovery from punishment
Recovery from punishment may occur when the procedure is discontinued, and the behavior occurs without punishment
Andrea is told by her teacher that if she doesn’t put her markers away, she will lose them. Andrea immediately puts the markers away, however she has never lost her markers when she has left them out in the past. Putting away her markers appears to be which of the following? A. Contingency-shaped behavior B. Respondent behavior C. Rule-governed behavior D. Self-mediated responding
C. Rule-governed behavior
Which of the following would be the best intervention goal for Piper, who is currently learning to be less disruptive in class? A. Piper will learn to no longer disrupt the class and will accomplish all necessary tasks every day. B. Piper will receive an edible reinforcer every day she goes without disrupting the class. C. Piper will be suspended if she engages in more than 3 disruptive behaviors during any single day. D. Piper will engage in 2 or fewer disruptive behaviors each day, and will complete 80% of assigned tasks each day for 5 consecutive school days.
D. Piper will engage in 2 or fewer disruptive behaviors each day, and will complete 80% of assigned tasks each day for 5 consecutive school days.
While conducting trials with Laurel, you prepare three stimuli:
A) Written word “blue”
B) Spoken word “blue”
C) A picture of the color blue
You train the written word “blue” is the same as a picture of the color blue. Laurel correctly demonstrates that the color blue is the same as the written word blue without additional training. What level of stimulus equivalence did Laurel demonstrate?
A. Reflexivity
B. Transitivity
C. Generality
D. Symmetry
D. Symmetry
