Lesson 1

Question 1

The honeycomb of ASD is

Answer 1

1. differences in social communication and interaction
2. restricted range of interests and repetitive behavior

Question 2

What are the 5 barriers to learning?

Answer 2

SIB, aggression, stereotypy, tantrums, inflexibility

Question 3

ABA is a science devoted to what?

Answer 3

the understanding and improvement of human behavior

Question 4

What is behavior?

Answer 4

the whole range of observable and measurable actions of a living animal

Question 5

What are the ABCs of ABA?

Answer 5

antecedent, behavior, consequence

Question 6

What is another term for ABC

Answer 6

3-term contingency

Question 7

What is an antecedent?

Answer 7

any stimulus that comes before behavior

Question 8

What is a consequence?

Answer 8

what comes after we behave

Question 9

What is the law of effect?

Answer 9

behaviors followed by immediate pleasurable consequences will be more likely to increase in the future (AKA reinforcement)

behaviors followed by immediate unpleasurable consequences will be more likely to decrease in the future (AKA punishment)

Question 10

What is reinforcement?

Answer 10

any stimulus that follows behavior that increases frequency of that behavior in the future

Question 11

What are conditioned reinforcers?

Answer 11

something that acquired reinforcing values by being paired with existing reinforcers

Question 12

What are unconditioned reinforcers?

Answer 12

warmth, food, drink, touch, sleep
- something innate we want, not taught

Question 13

What are the 2 forms of reinforcement?

Answer 13

positive and negative reinforcement

Question 14

What is negative reinforcement?

Answer 14

something you don’t like goes away so behavior increases

Question 15

What is positive reinforcement?

Answer 15

something you like gets added so behavior increases