RBT Exam Flashcards
ABC Data
Antecedent: Comes before a behavior and can trigger it (example: hungry)
Behavior: Can be observed and measured (anything the client does like pushing items off a shelf)
Consequence: occurs immediately after targeted behavior (attention)
Autclitic
Term describing verbal behavior about the speaker acting as reinforcer/ MO (example: questions themselves/ thinking out loud then answer their own question )
Backward Chaining
All steps → last step and having the learner complete it with prompts if needed. Once they master the last step, then the technician will stop at the second to last step to challenge them. This will be continued until last step. Allows independence at last step and gives hints if needed (masters last step first)
Conditioned Reinforcement
Presenting reinforcer, client won’t be reinforced but after completing reinforcer then they will now know what this method is and that they will get reinforced and a prize
Continuous Measurement
Measuring every instance of behavior during a session or day (how often behavior occurs or how long)
Continuous schedule of reinforcement
Reinforcement every time they achieve their goal (example: I want___ → then clapping and give their item requested)
Differential Reinforcement
Reinforcing only the behavior you wish to increase (ex: raises hand to answer instead of shouting)
-no punishment involved in differential reinforcement. Rather, it consists of both reinforcement and extinction.
Direct Assessment
Behavior measured is the behavior being targeted
Discontinuous Measurement
Measuring the rough amount of a behavior, it does not catch every instance
Discrete Trial
Presenting materials in structured way to promote independence and teach the idea (example: 3 cards, tells client to point to __ if point to correct then good if not then retrial)
Discrimination
Client differentiates between two or more stimuli based on a single characteristic (example: stopping at red and going at green or painting a red when asked “point to red”)
Discriminative Stimulus
Particular response will be reinforced to increase probability of occurrences (example: write name, date written instead then no reinforcement but if yes then reinforced)
Ex: demand or question to client -> what is this?, do this, point to
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior
Reducing the frequency of target behavior by reinforcing an alternative behavior (for example: asked to say all done instead of hitting, if continue to hit then ignored but if says all done then reinforced)
-refers to reinforcing when the client does a different behavior.
-client only gets a reinforcement when they display a desired behavior over the undesired behavior.
DRI (of incompatible behavior)
Reducing frequency of target behavior by reinforcing behavior that is incompatible with target behavior (example: Reinforced everytime hands are in pocket instead of in mouth because moth and pockets are different to one another)
Duration
length of time of action (example: time remained seated)
DRO (other behavior)
Reductive procedure in which reinforcers are delivered contingent on non occurrence of a response for given time interval (omission training)
Example: reinforced every 3 minutes that they are not doing the behavior/action
-refers to reinforcing when the client does a different behavior.
Extinction
Behavior ignored and client not given attention (example: pulling hair)
FBA (functional behavior assessment)
Analyzes more frequent behavior, BCBA begins this assessment which is given to technicians to complete an indirect assessment and ABC data. Data used to see why this behavior occurs and develop an intervention plan
- set of procedures used to identify the cause of a problem behavior or socially inappropriate behavior.
FCT (functional communication training)
Appropriate communicative behavior thought as replacement behavior problem(example: tell client to ask first before getting up)
Fixed Interval
Reinforcement becomes available after a specific period of time
-time-based
Fixed Ratio
Reinforced after a certain amount of responses made (ex: 10 “I want__ then reward)
Functional Assessments
Sensory: Playing with hair, scratching…
Escape: Removal of stimulus
Attention: Preferred person attend to them
Tangible: Preferred item presented
Forward Chaining
Steps are broken down → first step mastered → moved to next step until mastered (ex: Tie your shoes, repeated until client has mastered and knows to first grab the laces → now can move on to next which would be crossing the laces)
Frequency
Tallies of each occurrence of the behavior (ex: hitting)
- how many times a behavior occurs.
-number of occurrences during the session (26 kicks during the session)
Generalization
Client is thought a specific goal with anyone not just one specific person
- client can perform a skill in a different context then it was taught, that skill has
High- p request
2-5 mastered questions → hard/ targeted task/question
Indirect Assessment
interviews, checklists, rating scales, or questionnaires to collect data that requires reflection on student learning, skills, or behavior (no demonstration)
Latency
Time it takes the client to respond
-the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of a behavior
Intraverbal
Learner responds to questions being asked to them to engage in conversation. Broken into two types: answering “what is…” questions or letting them fill in the blank
Maintenance:
Continuation of skill after direct training has ended (testing understanding to make sure client has not forgotten)
Momentary Time Sampling
The observational period is divided into specific times, technician observes the client at specific time and takes notes if behavior occurs (Ex. the timer runs out, if there is no crying then reinforce but if cried then take note of it)
Negative Punishment
Removing stimulus to decrease chance of behavior occurring (example: timer runs out, so client has to stop having fun and clean up )
Non-contingent Reinforcement
Reinforcements provided regard;ess of behavior that is occurring (ex: complimenting shirt or picture every 30 seconds regardless of what he is doing)
Negative Reinforcement
Stimulus remove to increase behavior occurring (ex: scratching itch → will occur again because it helped stop the itch the first time)
Partial Interval
When the behavior must occur at least once during the interval to be recorded (ex: tracking hitting, yes or no did he hit any more times
-discontinuous, if the behavior occurs during the interval, it counts as an occurrence
Permanent Products:
Data tracking method that uses concrete objects or outcomes from behavior to measure its occurrence (ex: taking number of math products client does a day)