F07 Conduct a Descriptive Assessment of Problem Behavior Part 2

Question 1

Antecedents

Answer 1

Precede a target behavior
Do not necessarily control the target behavior.
Are important to analyzing the function of a target behavior.

Question 2

You put the baby down, walk to the next room, turn on the TV, and the baby starts crying, all within 10 seconds. Turn off the TV and the crying stops within a few seconds. What would you record as the CONSEQUENCE of crying?

Answer 2

Turning off the TV

Question 3

A resident in an institution… which would you record as the immediate ANTECEDENT of the aggression?

Answer 3

Another resident passes her

Question 4

A resident in an institution… which would you record as the immediate CONSEQUENCE of the aggression?

Answer 4

The resident hit back

Question 5

A child sitting alone picks up his arm until it bleeds. Nothing is happening. No one is there and he doesn’t know you are observing. What would you record as the CONSEQUENCE?

Answer 5

Bleeding

Question 6

Which consequence is most likely to influence future consequences?

Answer 6

One that follows the target behavior

Question 7

Consequences

Answer 7

May have no influence on the behavior
May be reinforcers
Are the result of behavior

Question 8

You put the baby down, walk to the next room, turn on the TV, and the baby starts crying, all within 10 seconds. Turn off the TV and the crying stops within a few seconds. What would you record as the ANTECEDENT of crying?

Answer 8

Putting the baby down, walking to the next room, and turning on the TV

Question 9

Which antecedent is most likely to exert control over behavior?

Answer 9

One that immediately precedes a target behavior

Question 10

ABC data collection involves recording the

Answer 10

Antecedent, behavior, consequence

Question 11

A child sitting alone picks up his arm until it bleeds. Nothing is happening. No one is there and he doesn’t know you are observing. What would you record as the ANTECEDENT?

Answer 11

No identifiable antecedent

Question 12

An individual in a residential home engages in a high rate of SIB across several settings. ABC data have revealed nothing conclusive and a functional analysis is not feasible due to the dangerousness and high rate of the behavior. What would a scatterplot reveal that ABC data does not?

Answer 12

Times of day when the behavior is most prevalent

Question 13

Five minutes ago you checked the baby’s diaper.. what would you record as the ANTECEDENT to smiling?

Answer 13

Getting picked up

Question 14

A child with a severe intellectual disability… what would you record as the ANTECEDENT to head banging?

Answer 14

Peer enters his room with blood on his face