True Or False Flashcards
The most common graph used in ABA is a line graph.
TRUE
A scatter plot is a type of semilogarithmic chart.
FALSE
The best way to draw a trend line is to use the split-middle line of progress technique.
TRUE
Cumulative records can not be used for rate data.
FALSE
Bar graphs are based on the cartesian plane like line graphs.
TRUE
Graphs are considered a conservative method for determining the significance of behavior change because a behavior change that is statistically significant may not look impressive on a graph.
TRUE
Methodological behaviorism considers private events.
FALSE
Pragmatism is a philosophy that influenced Skinner to develop operant due to its 3 term contingency.
TRUE
Behaviors that result in the best outcomes are selected and survive, which leads to more adaptive repertoires describes Selectionism.
TRUE
Skinner Conducted the infamous Little Albert Experiment in 1920.
FALSE
Threats are not punishment.
TRUE
Avoidance is more common than Escape
TRUE
Automatic reinforcement is defined as when operant conditioning occurs automatically.
FALSE
Sds and MOs have 2 things in common: They are both antecedent variables and both have an abative effect on behavior.
FALSE
The 2 types of Overcorrection procedures are: restitutional overcorrection and positive practice over correction
TRUE
Reinforcement does not only increase rate, but can also increase magnitude, latency, duration and topography.
TRUE
Extinction is a punishment procedure.
FALSE
A stimulus in the presence of which responses of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of responses have occurred and not been reinforced is an Sd.
TRUE
Behavior contrast is a problem of punishment.
TRUE
Reinforcement makes consequent stimulus conditions relevant.
FALSE
Generalized conditioned reinforcers depend on MOs for their effectiveness.
FALSE
Proprioceptive, interoceptive, and exteroceptive are the 3 types of stimulus classes
FALSE
The chained schedule schedule of reinforcement presents 2 or more basic schedules of reinforcement in an alternating, usually random, sequence for only 1 or more behaviors.
FALSE
A behavior analyst should probe for generalization of skills prior to, during and following intervention.
TRUE
Verbal behavior is behavior that is reinforced through the mediation of another person’s behavior.
TRUE
Continuous Reinforcement (CRF) and extinction are the boundaries of all schedules of reinforcement.
TRUE
To program for maintenance, use fixed schedules of reinforcement with your client because fixed schedules help maintain behavior.
FALSE
Skinner was more concerned about the form of language than function.
FALSE
The 4 basic schedules of intermittent reinforcement are: Fixed interval; fixed variable, variable interval and fixed ratio.
FALSE
When conducting punisher assessments, it is recommended to use the smallest intensity of the punisher, but that is still effective
TRUE
If FBA results indicate that the client does not posses the target behavior or skill in his/her repertoire, the behavior analyst should then maintain this needed target behavior or skill.
FALSE
Functional equivalence is defined by the intervention matching the function of the behavior.
TRUE
The advantages of a scatter plot are that they identify time periods when the problem behavior occurs and can be useful for pinpointing periods of the day when more focused ABC assessments can be conducted.
TRUE
ABC narrative recording is more time consuming than ABC continuous recording.
FALSE
A parametric analysis is when the IV is either present or absent during the study.
FALSE
ABA views behavioral variability as being intrinsic to the organism.
FALSE
The reversal design is the most widely used design for evaluating treatment effects in ABA.
FALSE
Single-subject designs can be utilized with more than one subject.
TRUE
A component analysis looks at the effect of each part of a treatment package.
TRUE
A disadvantage to the alternating treatments design is irreversibility.
FALSE
Accuracy and rate are essential dimensions to validity.
TRUE
One of the main disadvantages of momentary time sampling is that much of the behavior of interest is missed or unaccounted. To prevent this, you should keep the intervals short and observe the target behavior frequently.
TRUE
If your client’s target behavior results in a tangible product, you should use event recording.
FALSE
Do not use event recording when behaviors occur at very high rates.
TRUE
Planned Activity Check is a variation of partial interval recording in which a teacher observes a group of students at the end of each interval, counts the number of students engaged in the targeted activity, and records the tally with the total number of students in the group.
FALSE
If you are using permanent product to measure behavior, the permanent product can only be produced by the target behavior.
TRUE
It is not recommended to use whole interval recording procedures when you want to increase behaviors.
FALSE
For continuous behaviors, you should use discontinuous measurement procedure.
TRUE
Response latency is the amount of time that elapses between 2 consecutive instances of a response class.
FALSE
Accuracy and rate are essential dimensions to limited holds.
TRUE
An imitative behavior does not need to immediately follow the model.
FALSE
When using high-probability request sequence, behaviors you select have to already be in the individual’s behavioral repertoire.
TRUE
The definition of self-management requires the desired change in behavior.
TRUE
Forward chaining is easy, so teachers are likely to use it in the classroom.
TRUE
Modeling is the behavior of imitating the stimulus and imitation is the antecedent stimulus.
FALSE
Contingency contracting is a procedure in which a contract is developed collaboratively that stipulates a certain contingency for an individual between a behavior and a reinforcer.
TRUE
Each response in a chain has dual function, except for the first response.
FALSE
Shaping teaches new response classes.
TRUE
NCR is an antecedent intervention that involves providing stimuli with known reinforcing properties on a fixed-time (FT) or variable-time (VT) schedule dependent on the individual’s behavior.
FALSE
The single opportunity method of assessing task analyses reduces the likelihood of learning taking place during assessment.
TRUE
The two types of shaping methods are: a) shaping across stimulus topographies and b) shaping within stimulus topographies.
FALSE
FCT is a strategy that teaches individuals ways to functionally communicate to compete with challenging behaviors evoked by AOs.
FALSE
The single opportunity method of assessing task analyses is more conservative than the multiple opportunity method.
TRUE
Tokens are examples of generalized conditioned reinforcers.
TRUE
You should not allow a learner to ask questions while you provide performance feedback.
FALSE
If you want to observe accurate staff performance, you should do so covertly to reduce reactivity.
FALSE
When challenging behavior occurs in an environment with limited meaningful activities, the environment needs to be enriched.
TRUE
You can only conduct research after you have been approved by an independent, formal research review board.
TRUE
