Unit 5 Quiz

Question 1

A consideration to keep in mind with the alone condition is:

Answer 1

All the above:

a. Due to attention being withheld and the possibility of faulty stimulus control, high frequency of a target behavior in this condition may suggest an attention function rather than an automatic function.
b. It may not be necessary to test this condition if an automatic function is not hypothesized.
c. One must make sure that the proper materials for gathering data are available, given that the client is to be alone (for example, one-way mirror, video camera, et cetera).

Question 2

A psychologist is trying to determine why Paul frequently hits his younger brother. The psychologist forms a hypothesis that teasing by his brother and attention from his mother influence Paul’s hitting behavior. The psychologist then arranges conditions in which these environmental variables are either present or absent to determine their effect on Paul’s hitting behavior. Which functional assessment method is the psychologist using?

Answer 2

Functional analysis

Question 3

Conducting a functional assessment will provide information concerning:

Answer 3

All the above:

a. Dimensions of the behavior.
b. Antecedent events.
c. Consequences of the behavior.

Question 4

Direct observation and indirect methods of functional assessment are used to:

Answer 4

A and C:
Develop a hypothesis about antecedents and consequences of a behavior.
Gather information on the three-term contingency.

Question 5

Directly observing the problem behavior and recording the antecedents and consequences as they occur is which functional assessment method?

Answer 5

Direct observation

Question 6

Functional analyses are used to:

Answer 6

Identify the function of an individual’s behavior

Question 7

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:

Answer 7

Social positive reinforcement

Question 8

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:

Answer 8

Automatic positive reinforcement

Question 9

If one assumes attention is maintaining a behavior as hypothesized after gathering indirect information and ABC data, one should then conduct a FA that includes at least the two following conditions:

Answer 9

Attention and control/play

Question 10

Manipulating antecedents and consequences to demonstrate their influence on the problem behavior is which functional assessment method?

Answer 10

Experimental (functional analysis)

Question 11

The identification of antecedent events that evoke a behavior and reinforcing consequences that maintain a behavior is referred to as:

Answer 11

Functional assessment

Question 12

The process of identifying the antecedents and consequences of a problem behavior is called:

Answer 12

Functional assessment

Question 13

The use of experimental methods in conducting a functional assessment involves the manipulation of:

Answer 13

B and C

Consequences and antecedents

Question 14

To test the automatic reinforcement hypothesis in a functional analysis, one should make sure to include this condition:

Answer 14

Alone

Question 15

Using behavioral interviews or questionnaires to gather information of the antecedents and consequences of the problem behavior is which functional assessment method?

Answer 15

Indirect

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Conducting a functional assessment

Question 17

When a problem behavior is reinforced by attention, this is an example of:

Answer 17

Social positive reinforcement

Question 18

When observing a functional analysis being conducted, a client is provided access to an iPad each time he breaks a pencil. The FA condition most likely being implemented here is:

Answer 18

Tangible

Question 19

When observing a functional analysis being conducted, one observes a client in a room with his most highly preferred items, attention is being delivered frequently, and no demands are being placed. The FA condition most likely being tested in this scenario is:

Answer 19

Control/play

Question 20

When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT allows the client to escape his homework each time Carlos breaks a pencil, by taking away his homework and telling him, “Never mind, you do not have to do this homework.” What functional analysis condition is most likely being implemented in this described scenario:

Answer 20

Escape

Question 21

When observing a functional analysis being conducted, the RBT is delivering attention in the form of verbal attention (such as, “Carlos, why are you throwing these books?” or “Please stop breaking these pencils.”) contingent on Carlos engaging in the target behavior of property destruction. What functional analysis condition is most likely being implemented in this described scenario:

Answer 21

Attention

Question 22

Which functional assessment method demonstrates a functional relationship?

Answer 22

Experimental

Question 23

Which functional assessment method(s) demonstrates a functional relationship?

Answer 23

Functional analysis

Question 24

Which is not a functional assessment method?

Answer 24

Functional relationship methods

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Systematic assessment

Question 26

Which of the following is recorded when using direct observation methods to conduct a functional assessment?

Answer 26

All the above:

Behavior, consequences, antecedents

Question 27

Which of the following is referred to as a descriptive assessment, due to the fact that antecedents and consequences are described rather than manipulated?

Answer 27

A and B:

Indirect methods, direct observation

Question 28

Which of the following is true concerning the use of experimental methods in conducting a functional assessment?

Answer 28

A functional relationship can be demonstrated