Selecting and Implementing Interventions

Question 1

when do you use topographical definition

Answer 1

the relevant outcome is produced by undesirable variation of a response

the function of behaviour cannot be observed or is unknown

each occurrence of a behaivour does not produce the same outcome.

Question 2

How should operational definitions be written?

Answer 2

objective, should be written so anyone can interpet them, idetify which responses should be included and which ones are excluded

Question 3

what is an advantage of using functional definition of behaviour vs. topographical definition of behaviour

Answer 3

focus intervention on the variables that control the behaviour

allow for more accurate measurement of a response class

encompass all relevant forms of a response class.

Question 4

What is a performance criterion?

Answer 4

behaviour required to attain objective

behaivour + rate of behaviour+ criteria

Question 5

What should a behavioural objective have

Answer 5

performance criteria

behaviour

context or condition - is it independent/prompted?

Question 6

What does a behavioural goal specify

Answer 6

the general type of behaviour change being sought is defined in a behaviour goal

Question 7

When do you use percent of time

Answer 7

percent of time should be used for duration of behaviour

Question 8

What causes limitations to behaviour analytic services

Answer 8

lack of adequaely trained personnel

action of employees that can undermine their efforts

interested parities who disagree with a behavioural approach

Question 9

What is a behavioural cusps

Answer 9

contact new contingencies of reinforcement

Question 10

When is FCT implemented

Answer 10

implemented using communication such as gestures, picture cards, communication boards, signs, vocalization or vocal output

usually implemented in conjunction with other behavior change tactics such as extenction, response prompting, redirection, time-out

Question 11

what is a potential unwantd effects of using highly preferred items or activities as reinfrorcers

Answer 11

a reduced rate of the target behaviour because of interfering behavior evoked by the reinforcer

Question 12

What happens to other behaviour if you increase the rate of reinforcement foro ne but not others

Answer 12

temporarily decrease appropriate behaivour that is part of the same functional response class

Question 13

What is a potentially undesirable effect of positive reinforcement

Answer 13

an increase in undesirable behaviours that are members of the same response class the behavioru being reinforced

trying to steal the reinfrocer, lying about compleiting the task of the reinfrocer

aggression due to compeition for limited reinforcement

aggresion when reinforcement is witheld

decrease in target behaviour in other settings

a decrease in the same topography behaviour in the same response class,

a decrease in target behiavour in other settings

a decrease in desirable behaivours in the same funcitonal repsonse class

an increase in undesirable behaivour in the same functional respnose class

Question 14

What are the possible disadvantages of punisher?

Answer 14

emotional responses
individuals becoming conditioned punishers
no establishment of alternative behavior
need for the presence of the punishing agent
a reinforcer
withdrawal
behavioral contrast

Question 15

What is perpetuaation of punishment

Answer 15

occurs when presumed punishment procedure continues even though it is not effective

Question 16

What are the disadvantages of punishment

Answer 16

increased short term cost

generating public antipathy - people oppose formal use of punishment

recovery or resurgence of the target behaviour

inappropriate stimulus generalization

general response supression- a decrease in adaptive responding

habituation to aversive stimuli

diminishing self-esteem

countercontrol - attempts ot retaliate, or prevent the punishment contingency

Question 17

How to decrease the likelihood of extiction induced aggression

Answer 17

differential reinforcement procedures

reducing the mo

Question 18

when you use two punishment

Answer 18

it is an ethical concerns if it doesn’t try to increase an alternate behaviour

Question 19

What do you do to decrese an extinction burst

Answer 19

telling the students how the extinction procedure will work in advance may reduce or avoid the extinction burst

Question 20

How should replacement behaiviour be selected

Answer 20

constructive
reinforced by natural environment
achievable
acceptable to all concerned
incompatiable with problem behaviour
functional

Question 21

what is procedural fidelity used for

Answer 21

implementation of instructional protocols

managements of environmental arrangemetns

consistent responses to problem behavior

Question 22

what is the difference between prcoedural fidelity and treatment integrity

Answer 22

procedural fidelity boraer, includes implemtnation, environment arragnment and responses

treatment integrity - how the IV is implemented

Question 23

what is a non-intervnetion

Answer 23

when u begin with an interventino

Question 24

when do you not wait till stability

Answer 24

if you ar sure your intervention will chage it based variability in baseline

Question 25

what does overlapping data mean in alternating design

Answer 25

the treatment was equally effective

Question 26

possible design for problem behaviour

Answer 26

alternating treatment dsign
multiple baseline

Question 27

how to demonstrate experimental control in a multiple baseline design

Answer 27

select independent but functionally similar behaviors

select concurrent and plausibly related baseline conditions

varying baseline legnths and avoid interbening too soon

Question 28

How do you do verification in a multiple baseline design

Answer 28

comparison of a verification of the behaviour in intervention to the behaviour of those not in intervention