H03 Recommend Intervention Goals & Strategies Based on Factors... Part 3

Question 1

The importance of behavioral cusps is judged by

Answer 1

The extent of the behavior changes brought about by a cusp.
Whether a cusp exposes an individual’s behavior to new cusps.
The audience’s view of whether the behaviors changed by a cusp are valuable.

Question 2

A behavioral cusp involves a change in behavior that

Answer 2

All the above:
Results in further expansion of the individual’s repertoire beyond the initial behavior change.
Has consequences beyond the change itself, some of which may be considered important.
Exposes an organism to new environments and new behavioral contingencies

Question 3

Which of the following is the best example of an intervention that incorporates behavioral cusps?

Answer 3

A self-management program to reduce challenging behavior

Question 4

Most operant behavior you strengthen can facilitate exposure to new contingencies, settings, and opportunities to acquire more behavior. Thus, specifically incorporating behavioral cusps in a treatment or training program would include a consideration of

Answer 4

How many people would be affected by the acquisition of a skill, and how important those people are to the client

Question 5

Generalized imitation is a behavioral cusp because

Answer 5

Having learned to imitate, an individual can learn a wide range of other skills by imitating a model

Question 6

When designing behavior change programs, consideration of behavioral cusps is useful for

Answer 6

The selection of target behaviors.

Question 7

Behavioral cusps are the focus of pivotal response treatments for students with autism with the ultimate goal that

Answer 7

The student progresses toward a more typical learning path leading to the ability to function meaningfully in an inclusive setting.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of an approach to training or intervention that incorporates behavioral cusps?

Answer 8

All the above:
Teaching a student to read strings of text because the student can learn the words in the sentence, plus the information the sentence gives.
Teaching a student to read phonemes because this allows the student to decode novel words by reading the phonemes of which the words are compromised.

Question 9

A behavioral cusp involves a change in behavior that

Answer 9

Advances a client into new reinforcers, contingencies, and environments

Question 10

Which of the following is the best example of an approach to training or intervention that incorporates behavioral cusps?

Answer 10

Increase the amount of time a student attends to a stimulus