RBT Exam Flashcards
ABC
antecedent – behavior – consequence. Also known as the 3-term contingency.
Abolishing Operation
can decrease reinforcer effectiveness. Usually associated with satiation.
Acquisition
A target that is in the process of being taught. This behavior is not yet a known skill.
Antecedent Interventions
recognizing environmental factors that can attribute to problematic behavior and making changes necessary to promote appropriate behavior and reduce possible triggers for maladaptive.
Antecedent
events that occur before a behavior.
Behavior Skills Training
procedure consisting of instruction, modeling, behavioral rehearsal, and feedback that is used to teach new behaviors or skills. Instructions, model, rehearsal, feedback.
Behavior Intervention Plan
once the function of behavior has been determined, BIPs are used for antecedent strategies, responding to maladaptive behavior, teaching replacement behavior and what interventions to use, both verbal and physical.
Backward Chaining
Teaching skill steps one at a time from the last step to the first and prompting all steps before the step being taught. Reinforcement after teaching step and at the end of the task.
Behavior
anything a person does that can be observed and measured.
4 Functions of Behavior
- Automatic/sensory: providing self-stimulation and is automatically reinforced;
- Escape: avoiding or escaping a demand or undesirable task;
- Attention: can be socially mediated and seeks attention in any way from others;
- Access: tangible, wanting a preferred item.
Chaining
Used to teach multi-step skills in which the steps involved are defined through task analysis. Each separate step is taught to link together the total “chain.” Can be done either by backward, forward, or total task analyses.
Consequence
something that follows a behavior.
Continuous Measurement
records every single occurrence of a behavior. Examples include frequency, duration, rate, and per opportunity
Continuous reinforcement
the target behavior occurs and is reinforced after every occurrence.
Deprivation
not having something often enough and in return increases the effectiveness of it when used as a reinforcer.
Differential Reinforcement (3 Types)
A procedure in which one behavior is reinforced while other behaviors are extinguished.
- DRI (Differential Reinforcement of INCOMPATIBLE behaviors): Reinforce behavior
incompatible with an undesirable behavior. Example: Reinforce Johnny for writing his
name appropriately rather than tapping his pencil - DRA (Differential Reinforcement of ALTERNATIVE behaviors): Reinforce behavior that
is an appropriate alternative(replacement) for the undesirable behavior; Example:
Reinforce Annie when she asks for a break instead of yelling to get out of work; - DRO (Differential Reinforcement of OTHER behaviors): Reinforce any other behavior
other than the undesirable behavior; Example: Reinforce Luke with a gummy every 5 minutes he does not engage in crying.
Discontinuous Measurement
used to measure some instances of behavior but not all. Typically associated with partial and whole interval recording and momentary time sampling.
Discrete Trial
learning opportunity initiated and controlled by the teacher in which the correct response will be reinforced. This also is breaking a skill into smaller parts and teaching it while using reinforcement. Allows for presentation of many learning opportunities in a short amount of time. Following the 3-term contingency.
Discrimination Training
the procedure in which a behavior is reinforced in the presence of one stimulus and extinguished in the presence of another stimulus. Assists with learning how to respond in different environments or different conditions. Allows the client to learn the differences between stimuli.
Discriminative Stimulus (Sd)
a cue that signals reinforcement is available if the subject makes a particular response (Demand or Instruction).
Dual Relationship
situation where multiple roles exist between a therapist and a parent or client. Dual relationships are also referred to as multiple relationships.
Duration
the amount of time that someone engages in a Behavior.
Echoic
verbal imitation; repeating the speaker.
Error Correction: ECTER.
When a client makes a mistake on a target that has been previously mastered, do NOT acknowledge the mistake. Re-present the trial and be ready to prompt to get a correct answer.
The steps for ECTER:
- Error - child touches car when prompted to touch bike
- Correction - represent the Sd with prompt
- Transfer - represent the Sd without a prompt
- Expand - place easy/mastered demands
- Return - return to Sd of incorrect response: “touch bike” reinforcement is provided for correct response.
Errorless Teaching
prompt the correct response as soon as you give the Sd. Essentially, you are not giving the client a chance to make an error.
Establishing Operation
increases the current effectiveness of a stimulus. Usually deprivation is associated with this operation.
Ethics
Must follow the BACB’s code of ethics. Failure to follow the mandatory code of ethics can lead to loss of employment and certification. Please review the Code of Ethics outline.
Expressive Language
the ability to communicate. This is the ability to express one’s thoughts, ideas, wants, and needs. Identifying and labeling the objects in the environment, putting words together to form sentences, describing events and actions, answering questions and making requests are all examples of expressive language skills.
Extinction
The withholding of reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior, resulting in reduction of that behavior.
Extinction Burst
The increase in frequency and/or intensity of behavior in the early stages of extinction.
Fixed Interval (FI)
this schedule of reinforcement is used for a set amount of time.
Fixed Ratio (FR)
this schedule of reinforcement is used for a set amount of responses.
Forward Chaining
Teaching skill steps one at a time from the first step to the last and prompting all steps after the step being taught. Reinforcement after teaching step and at the end of the task.
Frequency
the amount of times, or count, a behavior or response happens.
Functional Behavioral Assessment
This is the process by which behavioral interventions are created. An FBA is intended to determine the function (or the reason for a behavior, and then create an intervention based on tha function. A Functional Analysis (FA) involves manipulating the environment to understand the behavior, while a Functional Behavior Assessment involves things like observation, interview, and collecting ABC data.
Functional Relationship
how a person’s behaviors change the world around him/her, and how those changes affect the future likelihood of the same behaviors.