Unit 10 Quiz Flashcards
A behavior that produces corresponding modifications or co-variations in other adaptive, untrained behaviors is a ______ behavior.
Pivotal
A coach is using verbal and modeling prompts to teach John how to swing a golf club properly. As John begins to swing the club correctly, the coach provides fewer and fewer prompts. This is an example of:
Prompt fading
A desirable behavior may not be occurring for all of the following reasons except:
The behavior is negatively reinforced when it does occur
A teacher determines that Mark frequently fights with other children, because his friends praise him when he fights. The teacher would like to use extinction on his behavior, but she has no control over how Mark’s friends react to his fighting. Which consideration in the use of extinction is being addressed?
Ability to eliminate the reinforcer
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?
Direct observation
Behavior change is considered a __________ and __________ process; therefore, it is important to maintain direct and continuous contact with the behavior under investigation.
Dynamic, ongoing
Diego’s BCBA is conducting a home visit to determine why he is having tantrums at home and not during therapy. Diego is a 4-year-old boy with moderate severity ASD. After two separate observations, it was found that 92% of Diego’s tantrums were maintained by escape from non-preferred tasks and activities. For instance, if Diego’s mom asked him to pick up his toys or brush his teeth, he would engage in a tantrum and his mother would no longer require him to complete the task. Based on this information, which (if any) of the following interventions is appropriate for addressing Diego’s tantrums.
The BCBA should teach Diego’s mom how to provide Diego with a reinforcing stimulus each time he completes a non-preferred task without having a tantrum.
How can intervention development be driven by ABC data that are collected on the function of the target behavior?
Determine how the ABC contingency can be altered to promote more positive behavior
If a child engages in a problem behavior in a store (such as a tantrum), and the parent gives the child candy, the child is more likely to engage in problem behavior in the store. This is an example of:
Social positive reinforcement
If a person strums his guitar a certain way and it makes a great sound, the person is more likely to strum the guitar that way again. This is an example of:
Automatic positive reinforcement
Jerry is a professional football player who injured his knee while running during a game. Jerry has had surgery and his knee is fully healed, but he is afraid to put pressure on it because he does not want to reinjure it. The trainer implements a plan in which he first differentially reinforces standing, then walking, then jogging, and finally running at full speed. This is an example of using shaping to:
Reinstate a previous behavior
One method of determining the priority of various potential target behaviors is to use a ______ matrix.
Ranking
The belief that individuals with disabilities should be physically and socially integrated into society to the maximum extent possible is called habilitation.
False
The constructional approach to the treatment of problem behaviors involves:
Focusing on the development of functionally equivalent alternative behaviors
The progression of behavioral assessment can be conceptualized as a __________ shape.
Funnel
