Unit 10 Quiz

Question 1

A parent is trying to decrease the frequency of a child’s swearing behavior. The parent observes the child and writes down a description of the behavior, antecedents, and consequences each time the child swears. In this example, the parent is using the ____________ method of ABC observation.

Answer 1

Descriptive

Question 2

A reinforcer assessment and a preference assessment are the same thing.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A teacher is working with a child who frequently engages in fighting with other children on the playground. The teacher observes and records the events that immediately precede and follow the child’s behavior of fighting. Which method of conducting a functional assessment is the teacher using?

Answer 3

Direct observation

Question 4

Analogue functional analyses (FAs) and functional behavior assessments (FBAs) are the same thing.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Choose the statement below that is true.

Answer 5

A FBA must include at the least data from direct observation of the behavior

Question 6

During __________, data are collected only when behaviors of interest are observed.

Answer 6

ABC narrative recording

Question 7

How can intervention development be driven by ABC data that are collected on the function of the target behavior?

Answer 7

Determine how the ABC contingency can be altered to promote more positive behavior.

Question 8

How often should a preference assessment be conducted?

Answer 8

It depends on the individual

Question 9

If one conducts a FBA and gathers informant information and ABC data, at best they can do the following with the information and data gathered:

Answer 9

Hypothesize the function of a problem behavior.

Question 10

If one is asking individuals unfamiliar with the basic principles of behavior analysis to gather ABC data, the following may be suggested:

Answer 10

To use a structured or closed ABC data sheet.

Question 11

If one is conducting a FA and wants to test to see if a behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement, one may want to make sure to include the following condition in the FA:

Answer 11

Alone

Question 12

In gathering ABC data, one finds that the child frequently engages in problem behavior when given a worksheet to complete, and that the teacher almost always responds by placing the child in the hallway (and no longer requiring the worksheet). One may hypothesize the following function of the problem behavior:

Answer 12

Escape from class work

Question 13

In the attention condition of a FA, you may see the following:

Answer 13

The individual is provided attention contingent on a problem behavior

Question 14

What is the first step when conducting a FBA?

Answer 14

Receive written consent from client or guardian

Question 15

What question in an indirect functional assessment might be asked to generate information about the consequences of a behavior?

Answer 15

What do other people do when the behavior occurs?

Question 16

What question should be asked when assessing what goals or interventions should be put in place for a client?

Answer 16

All the above:

What question should be asked when assessing what goals or interventions should be put in place for a client?

Question 17

What should be the first step when using behavior modification procedures to decrease a behavior?

Answer 17

Conducting a functional assessment

Question 18

Which functional assessment procedure asks informants to estimate the extent to which behavior occurs under specified conditions?

Answer 18

Behavioral interviews

Question 19

Which is a type of descriptive functional behavior assessment?

Answer 19

All the above:

ABC continuous recording, scatterplots, ABC narrative recording

Question 20

Which is a type of indirect functional behavior assessment?

Answer 20

Behavioral interviews

Question 21

Which method of ABC observation is typically used after the behavior, antecedents, and consequences have already been identified?

Answer 21

Both A and C:

Checklist method and interval recording method

Question 22

Which of the following is a way that the FBA cannot lead to development of effective interventions?

Answer 22

It can identify which past interventions were the most effective in changing the challenging behavior.

Question 23

Which of the following is not a method used in conducting a functional assessment?

Answer 23

Systematic assessment

Question 24

Which of the following is not an advantage of indirect functional assessment methods?

Answer 24

They rely on the memory of informants

Question 25

Which of the following is not true concerning direct observation methods of functional assessment?

Answer 25

The observer can be the person exhibiting the behavior

Question 26

Which of the following is not true concerning direct observation methods of functional assessment?

Answer 26

The information obtained demonstrates a functional relationship

Question 27

Which of the following should not drive the development of potential goals and interventions?

Answer 27

The benefit of others

Question 28

______ generalization occurred when Jerry first learned how to operate the door handle to open the bathroom door at home and was later observed opening several doors across the school campus.

Answer 28

Stimulus

Question 29

__________ is (are) a recording procedure used to assess the extent to which a target behavior occurs more often at a particular time than others.

Answer 29

Scatterplots