Deck 6 Flashcards
Every time Hugo engages in stealing, his teacher implements an extinction procedure. After conducting a functional assessment, they identify the function of stealing to be access to his classmate’s pencils. Which of the following is most likely the extinction procedure used?
A. The teacher returns the pencils to the classmates.
B. The teacher ignores the behavior of stealing.
C. The teacher continues to prompt Hugo to complete his assignment.
D. The teacher provides Hugo with a large pencil supply each morning.
A. The teacher returns the pencils to the classmates.
If the function of stealing is access to pencils, extinction would be not allowing Hugo to have the pencils even if Hugo steals them
Celine wants to improve the accuracy of shooting a basketball. Which of the following measurement system would be most appropriate?
A. Latency from the pass to the shot
B. Frequency of making a shot
C. IRT between shots made
D. Percentage of shots made
D. Percentage of shots made
After conducting a functional behavior assessment, you identify Mei’s target behavior of smearing feces was maintained by escape from getting dressed. Which of the following would be an example of an extinction procedure for this behavior?
A. Prompt Mei to say, “I don’t want to get dressed.”
B. Continue prompting her to get dressed.
C. Do not provide attention while Mei engages in this behavior
D. Require that Mei assist in cleaning up the mess caused by the behavior
B. Continue prompting her to get dressed.
While preparing to give a public speech, you go to the conference hall the night before, and practice your speech at the podium that will be used the next day. This intervention increases the likelihood of:
A. Response generalization
B. Response maintenance
C. Stimulus generalization
D. Stimulus maintenance
C. Stimulus generalization
Lee has 5 children. Each Saturday morning, he posts a chore chart on the wall with the name of one of his children. If that child completes their assigned chore, the entire family will go out for ice cream. Lee is implementing which type of group contingency?
A. Independent
B. Interdependent
C. Dependent
D. Multi-dependent
C. Dependent
Which of the following is true regarding the use of rate as a unit of measurement?
A. Rate is the simple tally of the number of occurrences of a behavior.
B. Rate should be used when calculating a percent of occurrence.
C. Rate should not be used to measure behaviors that occur for extended periods of time.
D. Rate is based on the measurable dimension temporal locus.
C. Rate should not be used to measure behaviors that occur for extended periods of time.
In a small social skills group for children diagnosed with ASD, they are asked to complete role play scenarios. Any individual who volunteers to participate in the role play is given a small piece of candy, and all participants are given the opportunity to participate. Which group contingency does this most closely resemble?
A. Interdependent group contingency
B. Independent group contingency
C. Dependent group contingency
D. Good behavior game
B. Independent group contingency
Roscoe learning to play the trumpet would be a behavioral cusp if:
A. Roscoe enjoys the sound the trumpet makes.
B. Roscoe’s neighbor asked Roscoe to learn how to play the trumpet.
C. Roscoe is trying to join a marching band class, and they require him to know how to play an instrument.
D. Playing the trumpet has been a goal of Roscoe’s for several years.
C. Roscoe is trying to join a marching band class, and they require him to know how to play an instrument.
If Roscoe’s class requires him to play an instrument, learning the trumpet would set the occasion to access reinforcers that would be available in marching band class.
Functional communication training aligns most closely with which behavior analytic intervention?
A. DRA
B. NCR
C. DRO
D. High-p request sequence
A. DRA
Benji continually nags his child to brush his teeth before bed. Benji stops nagging as soon as the child complies. The child is more likely to comply to Benji’s nagging in the future. With regards to the child brushing his teeth as the behavior of interest, which contingency appears to have occurred?
A. Positive Reinforcement
B. Negative Reinforcement
C. Positive Punishment
D. Negative Punishment
B. Negative Reinforcement
While consulting with a local business owner, you mention “negative reinforcement.” The business owner asks for you to clarify what that means. Which of the following would be the most appropriate response?
A. “The removal of a stimulus following a response which increases the future frequency of that response.”
B. “Providing an unwanted consequence following an inappropriate behavior.”
C. “Providing rewards, attention, praise, etc. to get more of the behavior.”
D. “Behaving in a way to avoid something unpleasant, like a reprimand.”
D. “Behaving in a way to avoid something unpleasant, like a reprimand.”
After completing Stella’s functional behavior assessment, the results indicate that skin picking is maintained by getting attention from her parent in the form of sympathetic statements. This is despite initial hypotheses that the behavior was escape maintained. Which of the following is an intervention that will teach her a functionally equivalent replacement behavior as identified by the FBA?
A. When Stella engages in skin picking, her mother should continue prompting her to complete a task.
B. When Stella says “Can you talk to me, Mom?” her mom provides quality sympathetic statements.
C. Stella will be given sympathetic statements non-contingently throughout the day.
D. When Stella says, “Break,” Stella is allowed to take a break from the task.
B. When Stella says “Can you talk to me, Mom?” her mom provides quality sympathetic statements.
When would you conduct a functional analysis during the functional behavior assessment process?
A. Prior to completing a descriptive assessment.
B. A functional analysis should occur first, to create a hypothesis regarding the function of the target behavior.
C. Following the completion of indirect and descriptive assessments.
D. Following the development of intervention procedures.
C. Following the completion of indirect and descriptive assessments.
You are attempting to implement a punishment procedure by using a response cost in your token economy. Specifically, a token is removed whenever your client engages in outbursts. You notice yourself removing tokens more often, even for target behaviors other than outbursts. Which of the following most closely reflects this unwanted effect of punishment?
A. Punishment resulted in modeling of undesirable behavior.
B. Behavioral contrast.
C. Negative reinforcement of the punishing agent’s behavior.
D. Emotional or aggressive reaction to punishment
C. Negative reinforcement of the punishing agent’s behavior.
Explanation. The punishing agent’s behavior (your behavior) appears to have increased due to outbursts decreasing. This negative reinforcement contingency is a concern for those implementing punishment procedures. (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2019, p. 338)
A DRO procedure would likely not be considered effective if:
A. The duration of the target behavior was decreasing.
B. The learner vocalized disapproval of the intervention.
C. The rate of the target behavior was increasing.
D. The learner vocalized approval of the intervention.
C. The rate of the target behavior was increasing.
While using a reversal design to identify if the FCT intervention reduces Frankie’s aggressive behaviors, you see no change to aggressive behaviors during the baseline phase. What should you do?
A. Move to the intervention phase of the experimental design.
B. Continue baseline while evaluating confounding variables.
C. Stop data collection to allow you to evaluate for extraneous variables.
D. Reverse to baseline while investigating potential barriers.
A. Move to the intervention phase of the experimental design.
