MODULE 1: Introduction to ABA and RBT

Question 1

What is Behavior Analysis?

Answer 1

The of principles of learning and behavior

Question 2

What are the two primary areas of study?

Answer 2

Experimental analysis of behavior and Applies behavior analysis (ABA)

Question 3

The scientific foundation of applied behavior analysis (ABA)

Answer 3

Experimental analysis of behavior

Question 4

7 Dimensions of ABA

Answer 4

Generality, Effective, Technological, Applied, Conceptually Systematic, Analytic, Behavioral

Question 5

Behavior change that lasts beyond intervention (durable over time)

Answer 5

Generality

Question 6

Behavior interventions have large enough effects to be socially important

Answer 6

Effective

Question 7

Procedures are described in a way that others can replicate and implement with the same results

Answer 7

Technological

Question 8

Socially significant behaviors are selected

Answer 8

Applied

Question 9

Relate interventions to the concepts and principles in the literature and behavior analysis

Answer 9

Conceptually Systematic

Question 10

Decisions are data based (#gotdata)

Answer 10

Analytic

Question 11

Observable and measurable behaviors are targeted

Answer 11

Behavioral

Question 12

1897

Answer 12

Pavlov published the findings of his salivation study, which became Classical Conditioning

Question 13

1905

Answer 13

Thorndike published the Law of Effect.

Question 14

The Law of Effect theorized that pleasant consequences following a behavior will increase the chance that it will occur again. Unpleasant Consequences will decrease the chance that a behavior will occur again.

Answer 14

Law of Effect

Question 15

1920

Answer 15

John B. Watson conducted the Little Albert Experiment

Question 16

1938

Answer 16

Burrhus Frederic Skinner published The Behavior of Organisms which introduced operant conditioning and discussed the principle of reinforcement

Question 17

1957

Answer 17

Skinner published the book Verbal Behavior

Question 18

1958

Answer 18

The journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior was created

Question 19

What is an RBT?

Answer 19

A paraprofessional who practices under the close, ongoing supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA), or any state Certified Behavior Analyst grandfathered in by the BACB

Question 20

What are RBT primarily responsible for

Answer 20

The direct implementation of behavior analytic services

Question 21

What does a RBT not do?

Answer 21

Design interventions or assessment plans