Extinction Quiz

Question 1

What is extinction?

Answer 1

when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced

Question 2

True or False. Extinction requires the use of punishment procedures to decrease problem behaviors.

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

Applying extinction can occur in an increase in the frequency, duration, and/or intensity of target behaviors. This is known as an ____?

Answer 3

extinction burst

Question 4

True or False. Extinction can be used in a wide variety of situations and with a wide age range.

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

Who would benefit most from extinction?

Answer 5

learners with ASD

Question 6

True or False. A wide variety of trained adults including parents, teachers, special educators, therapists, and paras can implement an extinction procedure.

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

Typical extinction procedures include ignoring the behavior, removing reinforcing items or activities, and what?

Answer 7

removing the learner from the environment

Question 8

What is the first step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 8

identifying the interfering behavior

Question 9

What is the second step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 9

identifying data collection measures and collecting baseline data

Question 10

What is the third step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 10

determining the function of behavior

Question 11

What is the fourth step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 11

creating an intervention plan

Question 12

What is the fifth step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 12

implementing the intervention

Question 13

What is the sixth step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 13

collecting outcome data

Question 14

What is the seventh step for implementing an extinction procedure?

Answer 14

reviewing the intervention plan

Question 15

Interfering behaviors are defined by focusing on topography, frequency, intensity, location, and what?

Answer 15

duration

Question 16

Why is it important to collect baseline data for a long period of time?

Answer 16

to determine if patterns exist

Question 17

Securing attention, accessing tangible items, escaping or avoiding a task, and what are functions of the behavior?

Answer 17

sensory reinforcement

Question 18

What is the first phase of step 4?

Answer 18

to clearly write out the intervention procedures

Question 19

What is one way that teachers respond to the behavior when the intervention is implemented?

Answer 19

planned ignoring, denied access, escape extinction sensory extinction

Question 20

Where do teachers collect data?

Answer 20

in the setting where the behavior occurs

Question 21

What is one way that teachers can modify an intervention plan if the target behaviors continue after the extinction procedure?

Answer 21

changing the way they response to the behavior, changing the length of time they ignore or respond to the behavior, expanding the plan to other settings, having other team members implement the intervention plan, adapting the plan to target new behaviors

Question 22

When extinction is used on a target behavior, initially the behavior is likely to what?

Answer 22

increase in frequency and intensity

Question 23

Extinction is often used with what other behavioral procedure to increase appropriate behavior?

Answer 23

differential reinforcement

Question 24

When might one want to use extinction procedure?

Answer 24

only after other reinforcement-based interventions have been tried and failed