F08 Conduct Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior Part 3

Question 1

The purpose of conducting a behavioral assessment

Answer 1

All the above:
Is to get a measure of behavior, preferably directly, but possibly indirectly
Is to determine the client’s problem and how to change it.
Is to facilitate the development of an intervention by identifying the variables that influence the behaviors of interest

Question 2

Select the variations on functional analysis procedures

Answer 2

Trial-based functional analysis, interview informed synthesizes contingency analysis, functional analysis of precursor behaviors, latency-based functional analysis, brief functional analysis

Question 3

A strategy for improving ecological validity in a functional analysis is to

Answer 3

All the above:
Include furniture and decor from the natural setting in the experimental setting.
Conduct the FA in the natural setting.
Incorporate parents, peers, or caregivers from the natural setting into the FA

Question 4

When preparing to conduct a functional analysis, in regards to determining the length of time to run each session, choosing to run shorter session will likely result in

Answer 4

The same results that longer sessions would yield

Question 5

The purpose of conducting a behavioral assessment

Answer 5

Is to get a measure of behavior, preferably directly, but possibly indirectly

Question 6

A strategy for improving ecological validity in a functional analysis is to

Answer 6

Conduct the FA in the natural setting

Question 7

If a behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement, the rate of the behavior would most likely be highest in which functional analysis condition?

Answer 7

Alone

Question 8

A behavioral assessment

Answer 8

May discover resources, assets, and significant others that may be employed in an intervention

Question 9

The most useful benefit of a behavioral assessment

Answer 9

Is information that directs the behavior analyst to a highly effective intervention

Question 10

A comprehensive behavioral assessment will hopefully identify

Answer 10

All the above:

Competing contingencies, maintenance and generalization factors, potential reinforcers and/or punishers

Question 11

The purpose of conducting a behavioral assessment

Answer 11

Is to determine the client’s problem and how to change it

Question 12

A variation of functional analysis where a series of one-minute test conditions combined with one-minute control conditions are interspersed amongst other activities is a/an

Answer 12

Trial-based functional analysis

Question 13

A variation of the functional analysis where a test condition with multiple contingencies is presented and alternated with a control condition until a clear pattern of problem behavior emerges is a/an

Answer 13

Interview informed synthesized contingency analysis

Question 14

The most common experimental design used for functional analyses in published literature is the

Answer 14

Alternating treatments design

Question 15

A variation of functional analysis where occasioning multiple instances of the behavior is avoided by terminating sessions once the behavior has occurred and measuring the delay from the presentation of the EO to the onset of the behavior is a/an

Answer 15

Latency-based functional analysis

Question 16

You suspect automatic reinforcement in the form of sensory stimulation as a possible controlling variable. Which conditions might you use to evaluate this hypothesis?

Answer 16

Brief vs long intertrial intervals

Question 17

As it relates to functional analysis, ecological validity refers to the extent to which conditions in the experimental setting

Answer 17

Match the conditions that influence the behavior in the natural setting.

Question 18

When conducting a functional analysis to assess problem behavior that has more than one topography, you should assess

Answer 18

Each topography on its own

Question 19

A high rate of behavior in any condition of a functional analysis compared to the control condition suggests that

Answer 19

The variables present in that condition are probably maintaining the problem behavior in the natural setting

Question 20

A variation of functional analysis where a behavior that reliably predicts the onset of the problem behavior is used as the target in the assessment to avoid occasioning a dangerous behavior is a

Answer 20

Functional analysis of precursors