Increasing Behavior Flashcards
How does functional communication training (FCT) address problem behavior?
By addressing communication skills needed to replace the problem behavior
Which part of the 3-term contingency addresses factors that occur before the display of behavior?
Antecedents
Replacement behaviors are:
Acceptable behaviors to teach in place of undesirable behaviors
Which of the following is a discriminative stimulus (SD)?
Saying “Match blue” and receiving a blue card
Why are individuals taught to use replacement behaviors in place of problem behavior?
Because just suppressing a problem behavior does not provide a way to get an individual’s needs met
In ABA, which is the best reason why behaviors are targeted for increase?
So learners can increase overall skill repertoires
Which of the following makes reinforcement more effective?
Deprivation state, immediacy, adequate size, and contingency
Behavioral shaping involves:
Reinforcing successive approximations of a larger behavior
Which of the following replacement behaviors might be functionally equivalent to the undesirable behavior of screaming a demand?
Verbalizing what is wanted
Which of the following is an antecedent variable that could play a role in the display of a behavior?
Being in a quiet environment
Differential reinforcement works by:
Increasing desirable behaviors while decreasing problem behavior
Which of the following is a consequence that is likely to result in the increase of a behavior?
Reinforcement
Which of the following is an example of secondary reinforcement?
Getting a good grade on a test
Which of the following behaviors could be reinforced on a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement?
The amount of time spent on a task
