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Question 1

A schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement is contingent on a response being different in some specified way (eg; different topography) from the previous response (eg; lag 1) or a specified number of previous responses (eg; lag 2 or more)

Answer 1

Lag Reinforcement Schedule

Question 2

An analysis in which each session is terminated as soon as a problem behavior occurs
- The index of problem behavior is the latency from onset of the establishing operation to the first occurrence of the problem behavior

Answer 2

Latency Based Functional Analysis

Question 3

A technique of transferring stimulus control in which the practitioner gives the participant an opportunity to perform the response with the least amount of assistance on each trial
- The participant receives greater degrees of assistance with each successive trial without a correct response
- The procedure requires the participant to make a correct response within a set time limit (eg; 3 seconds) from the presentation of the natural SD
- If the response does not occur within the specified time, the applied behavior analyst presents the natural SD and a response prompt of least assistance, such as a verbal response prompt
- If after the same specified time limit (eg; another 3 seconds) the participant does not make a correct response, the analyst gives the natural SD and another response prompt, such as a gesture
- The participant receives partial or full physical guidance if the less intrusive prompt does not evoke a correct response

Answer 3

Least to Most Response Prompts

Question 4

The value on the vertical axis around which a series of behavioral measures converge

Answer 4

Level

Question 5

A component of some token economy systems in which participants advance up (or down) through a succession of levels contingent on their behavior at the current level
- The performance criteria and sophistication or difficulty of the behaviors required at each level are higher than those of preceding levels; as participants advance to higher levels, they gain access to more desirable reinforcers, increased privileges, and greater independence

Answer 5

Level System

Question 6

A situation in which reinforcement is available only during a finite time following the elapse of an FI or VI interval; if the target response does not occur within the time limit, reinforcement is witheld and a new interval begins (eg; on an FI 5 minute schedule with a limited hold of 30 seconds, the first correct response following the elapse of 5 minutes is reinforced only if that response occurs within 30 seconds after the end of the 5 minute interval)

Answer 6

Limited Hold

Question 7

Based on a cartesian plane, a two dimensional area formed by the intersection of two perpendicular lines
- Any point within the plane represents a specific relation between the two dimensions described by the intersecting lines
- It is the most common graphic format for displaying data in applied behavior analysis

Answer 7

Line Graph

Question 8

Someone who provides reinforcement for a speaker’s verbal behavior
- They may also serve as an audience evoking verbal behavior
- The distinction between them and speakers is often blurred by the fact that much of a listener’s behavior may involve becoming a speaker at the covert level (eg; thinking about what was said)
- A speaker may also serve as her own listener

Answer 8

Listener

Question 9

When verbal SD evokes a specific nonverbal behavior, due to a history of reinforcement

Answer 9

Listener Discriminations

Question 10

The average rate of response during a smaller period of time within a larger period for which an overall response rate has been given

Answer 10

Local Response Rate