Unit 5

Question 1

A functional assessment method involving direct observation of the antecedents, the target behavior, and the consequences of the behavior.

Answer 1

ABC observation

Question 2

A form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client’s natural environment.

Answer 2

ABC recording

Question 3

A stimulus or event that precedes the target behavior.

Answer 3

Antecedent

Question 4

The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and says

Answer 4

Behavior

Question 5

The likelihood that a given behavior will occur in a given circumstance.

Answer 5

Conditional probability

Question 6

A stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest

Answer 6

Conseuqence

Question 7

Exchanging the two reinforcement contingencies for two topographically different responses.

Answer 7

Contingency reversal

Question 8

Direct observation of problem behavior and the antecedent and consequent events under naturally occurring conditions.

Answer 8

Descriptive functional behavior assessment

Question 9

Behavioral evaluation involving direct observation and recording of the behavior as it occurs.

Answer 9

Direct assessment

Question 10

Occurs when the behavior that is measured is the same as the behavior that is the focus of the investigation.

Answer 10

Direct measurement

Question 11

A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship between the environmental events and the behavior.

Answer 11

Functional analysis

Question 12

A functional assessment method in which environmental events (antecedents and consequences of the behavior) are manipulated to demonstrate a functional relationship between the environmental events and the behavior.

Answer 12

Functional analysis

Question 13

A systemic method of assessment for obtaining information about the purposes a problem behavior serves for a person.

Answer 13

Functional behavior assessment

Question 14

A response that results in the same reinforcing outcome as an alternative response. The response serves the same function as the alternative response.

Answer 14

Functionally equivalent

Question 15

Structured interviews, checklists, rating scales, or questionnaires used to obtain information from people who are familiar with the person exhibiting the problem behavior.

Answer 15

Indirect functional assessment

Question 16

A statement describing a functional relation between behavior and one or more of its controlling variables with generality across organisms, species, settings, behavior, and time.

Answer 16

Principle of behavior

Question 17

Occurs when a stimulus change immediately follows a response and increases the future frequency of that type of behavior in similar conditions.

Answer 17

Reinforcement

Question 18

A single instance of an occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior.

Answer 18

Response

Question 19

A two-dimensional graph that shows the relative distribution of individual measures in a data set with respect to the variables depicted in the x and y-axis; data points are unconnected.

Answer 19

Scatterplot

Question 20

A group of stimuli that all have the same functional effect on a particular behavior. For example, each stimulus in a stimulus class may function as a discriminative stimulus for a particular behavior.

Answer 20

Stimulus class

Question 21

A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration, or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus.

Answer 21

Stimulus control

Question 22

The observer provides instructions or arranges for specific events or activities to occur during the observation period.

Answer 22

Structured observation

Question 23

The antecedent that is present when the behavior occurs, the behavior, and the reinforcing consequence.

Answer 23

Three-term-contingency

Question 24

A stimulus change that decreases the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it, irrespective of the organism’s learning history with the stimulus.

Answer 24

Unconditioned punisher

Question 25

A stimulus change that increases the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it, irrespective of the organism’s learning history with the stimulus.

Answer 25

Unconditioned reinforcer

Question 26

The stimulus component of an unconditioned reflex; a stimulus change that elicits respondent behavior without any prior learning.

Answer 26

Unconditioned stimulus